<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Modri%C4%87" class="extiw" title="w:Luka Modrić">Luka Modrić</a> (left) meets <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolinda_Grabar-Kitarovi%C4%87" class="extiw" title="w:Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović">Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović</a> (right) in the Croatian locker room at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzhniki_Stadium" class="extiw" title="w:Luzhniki Stadium">Luzhniki Stadium</a> following the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_Final" class="extiw" title="w:2018 FIFA World Cup Final">2018 FIFA World Cup Final</a>. Modrić was the captain of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team" class="extiw" title="w:Croatia national football team">Croatia national football team</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" class="extiw" title="w:2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 FIFA World Cup</a>, and led the team to six consecutive victories in the tournament, where he scored goals against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina_national_football_team" class="extiw" title="w:Argentina national football team">Argentina</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_national_football_team" class="extiw" title="w:Nigeria national football team">Nigeria</a> in the group stage. He also won the prestigious 'Golden Ball' award for best player in the tournament for his performance. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Croatia" class="extiw" title="w:President of Croatia">President of Croatia</a> at the time of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and her visit continues the tradition of heads of states of the FIFA World Cup Final participants spectating the game with the head of state of the tournament's host nation.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/58009/photos">Финальный матч чемпионата мира по футболу (The final match of the World Cup)</a> by the Office of the President of Russia