Rakitic's crazy promise, if Croatia wins World Cup

And Rakic suggested he would perpetuate Croatia's success in a special way if his team defeats France in the finals. But how will he do so? “On my forehead, Rakitic told reporters when asked if he planned a tattoo if Croatia triumphs. There's plenty of room, as you can see, but first I'm gonna have to ask my wife.

Honestly, I have this feeling, there's going to be hundreds of millions of people, rooted for us. I had messages from Argentina, Spain, Germany, all over the world. What really makes me happy is that people would never imagine celebrating a goal marked by their national team. We've shown that we're worthy finalists, we want to show the world what we're worth, and we're going to give it everything in the field of”.

Croatia has gone to extra time in all three recent matches of this World, winning penalty against Denmark and Russia before defeating England 2-1, in the semifinals. But Rakic dismissed suggestions that Croatia could suffer from fatigue against France, which has also had an additional day of rest since its last match.

We'll have extra energy, don't worry about it. This is a historic game, not just for us, but for all who are Croats, Rakic said. We'll be 4.5 million players on the field, we'll keep each other together. We know this is the biggest game of our lives and we want to give everything. You just have to see the footage coming from Croatia. This joy from the very first day on our journey to Russia was unbelievable.

You can't describe it with words. Unity, pride, it's incredible. I think we all deserve this. This concerns not only 23 players, our coach, staff, doctors, journalists, but 4.5 million Croats. This kind of commitment has been in every game. If there was a large stadium large enough for 4.5 million people, it would be packed”.