 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kuita kwaModrić kwakavimbisa nzvimbo yenguva dzose muchikwata chepasi rose uye akapa kubudirira kuratidza muCroatia UEFA Euro 2008 yekusarudza mushandirapamwe, iyo yaisanganisira kumba nekubudirira kukunda England. Semutambi wepakati wechidiki, zvakawanda zvaitarisirwa kuna Modrić; aiwanzodaidzwa kuti Cruyff weCroatia. Modrić akarova chinangwa chekutanga cheCroatia cheEuro 2008, achichinja chirango muminiti yechina yekukunda kwavo 10 vachipesana nevanogamuchira Austria musi wa8 Chikumi 2008 uye achiva mudiki pane vese muchengeti wezvikwata paEuropean Championships ane makore makumi maviri nemaviri nemazuva makumi maviri nematatu. Yakanga iriwo chirango chakakurumidza kupfuura zvose chakambopiwa uye chakarova munhau yeEuropean Championships. Akaramba achifadza pamutambo uye akatumidzwa zita reUFA Man of the Match mumutambo unotevera weCroatia pavakakunda mumwe wevaifarira pre-tournament uye vanopedzisira vapedzaGermany. Mumutambo wequarter-fainari neTurkey, Modrić akatora mukana wekukanganisa nemuchengeti wevarwi weTurkey Rüştü Reçber, ndokuyambuka kuenda kune waaitamba naye Ivan Klasnić kwechinangwa chekutanga chemutambo neminiti imwe yekuwedzera nguva yasara, asi Semih Şentürk akangoenzana neTurkey. Muchirango chakatevera, Modrićs kick yakanga isiri-chinangwa uye akakundikana kuwana chirango chekutanga uye Turkey yakakunda kupfura 31. Pakupera kwemakwikwi, Modrić akaverengerwa muEFAFA Chikwata cheMutambo, achive wechipiri chete weCroatia kuwana rukudzo urwu mushure meDavor Šuker. 