Forget Mess, CR7 and Neymar, this is the top favorite for Golden Ball.

Coach Dalic's team, in fact, has offered spectacular moments thanks to a midfield that compounds an absolute phenomenon like Luca Modric. Real Madrid's director has also led his nationals against Russia. He did this in the most difficult moments, when fatigue started to start to feel like his teammates.

32-year-old showed his whole class again. If Croatia has achieved a target that has been missing for more than 20 years, the credit is also to Zadar's talent, which has recorded some crazy figures:

87% of precise equipment, 4 key passive, 8 passers of the opponent, 16 re-launched balls against Russia; It's the third player with more cases (14), behind Neymar (23) and De Bruyne (16), best for the restored balls (42, nobody like him, excluding goalkeepers). 86.22% of the right pass, 341 total in Russia.

With the League Champions won by “Los Blancos” and thanks to this World, he has recovered many points in the upcoming Golden Ball competition. If the previous edition has emerged fifth behind Ronaldo, Messia, Neymar and Gigi Buffon, the Croatian “Pirlo” can win other votes and climb the hierarchy steps.

In anticipation of the challenge with England, the World has crowned as one of the best. In the match against the Russians, he played 120 minutes and touched the ball 139 times. He has become the first Croatian player of all time to have made more than 100 passes in one World.

“I am not worried about the Golden Ball, Croatia's captain has said after the battle with Russia. For me, the most important thing is Croatia's success. We're in the semifinals in 20 years and we don't want to stop. We want to go to the finals and England will be a difficult opponent to pass”.