Luka Modric and Croatian team celebrate the achievement of winning a bronze medal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. An exciting spectacle in 2022 is the presence of the four annual event, namely the World Cup which is held in Qatar, football addicts are waiting for every match that is won, finally there are four countries that are able to make it to the last four, but in FIFA regulations only three are entitled to win medals countries, the first winner is entitled to a gold medal, a silver medal for the second winner and a bronze medal for the third winner.
The gold medal will be contested by the winner who defeats his opponent in the semifinals, the loser will receive a silver medal. While the bronze medal was won by the losing country when it reached the final round. Finally, Argentina and France advanced to the final round and fought over the gold medal with the title of world champion.
While Croatia and Morocco played matches to fight for the bronze medal, the Croatian national team, nicknamed Vatreni, was able to bring home a bronze medal after beating Morocco with a score of 2-1. The bronze medal for Croatia is referred to as “gold-flavored bronze”.
The Croatian players were enjoying themselves on the podium with the bronze medal, the joy radiating from Luka Modric and co. However, it is different from what we see from the French national team, in the final against Argentina, had time to catch up on the deficit and force a 3-3 draw.
But unfortunately the Rooster team had to submit after losing in a penalty shootout. Didier Deschamps’ squad had to settle for stealing a silver medal. The interesting thing is that when you see the French players when they win the silver medal, there are lines of sadness on their faces.
Even though the silver medal was higher than the bronze medal, an aura of sadness was clearly etched on their faces. Mbappe, for example, even though he won the award as the top scorer, his gloomy face couldn’t be fooled. Croatia, who were happy with the bronze medal, felt a sharp contrast when they saw the French team, which “only” won silver, for some reason getting silver seemed to mean nothing.
Three researchers namely Thomas Gilovich, Scott Madey and Victoria Medvec conducted an evaluation of the athletes who performed on the podium, it turned out that those who won silver were the most gloomy compared to those who won gold or bronze. “Silver winners torture themselves with words,” Ah if only …,” wrote the researchers.
In contrast to the bronze medalists who remained happy because they thought at least they had won. Hopefully the sadness of the French players will gradually disappear, after all, Les Blues is one of the shafts of world football for now. They have won the World Cup in the 1998 and 2018 editions.
So far what the author has observed, the 2022 World Cup final is the most thrilling final, goals one after another until the last minute, followed by extra time and ending with a penalty shoot-out. But finally Lionel Messi and Argentina were finally able to quench the thirst for a title for 36 years.
It will be interesting to see how Croatia will perform in the upcoming Euro 2024 and World Cup 2026. Let’s monitor how the team fight in the future without Luka Modric, their living legend. At least for now, they are not doing bad at all. All applause and salute to the team and managerial team.
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