After regrettably stopping with the Croatia team right from the Euro 2024 group stage, captain Luka Modric has entered his summer vacation. Recently, he was seen in England watching the Wimbledon semi-final between Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev.

Modric attentively watched the match between Alcaraz and Medvedev

Wimbledon is the oldest Grand Slam tournament in tennis, held since 1877 on grass courts. This tournament has a unique identity and always attracts many famous people in all fields to watch. Usain Bolt, David Beckham, Sir Alex Ferguson, Maria Sharapova or Pep Guardiola have all appeared at the All England Club stands – where the tournament takes place. And most recently, Luka Modric is the next big character to arrive on the field. He came to watch live the semi-final match of men’s singles between Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) and Daniil Medvedev (Russia).

Of course Modric cheered for Alcaraz. Because Alcaraz is known to be a very enthusiastic fan of Real Madrid – the club where Modric is playing. The tennis player born in 2003 was once invited by Real President – Mr. Florentino Perez to the Bernabeu stadium to watch football and take souvenir photos. Vinicius JR or Rodrigo also came to the stadium to cheer Alcaraz when this player played at the Madrid Masters tournament.

The Croatian captain looked very happy when Alcaraz invited him to sit in the “family” area.

Responding to Real’s love, Alcaraz once celebrated in Jude Bellingham’s style after winning the 2023 US Open quarterfinals. Even before the last match, after hearing the news that Modric came to the field to watch him, During the competition, Alcaraz also invited the Croatian team captain to sit in the box area reserved for the coaching staff and relatives of the players.

Modric’s presence seems to give Carlos Alcaraz more motivation. Carlitos (Alcaraz’s nickname) excellently overcame his opponent after 4 sets with the score 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and entered the final. After the match, Alcaraz gave a rather humorous interview: “This Sunday will be an interesting day for the Spaniards (due to European time, the Wimbledon men’s singles final and the Euro final between Spain meeting with England will take place on July 14). Of course, the British home crowd at Center Court could not sit still when Alcaraz said that and there were boos. After that, Alcaraz replied wryly: “I didn’t dare to say that Spain would win, I just said it would be an interesting day for our country.”

The Real Madrid midfielder stood up and applauded after the Spaniard’s victory

Indeed, as Alcaraz said, this coming Sunday will be very interesting. Alcaraz will play the Wimbledon final in England, while Spain’s home football team will face the “Three Lions” in the final match of Euro 2024 in Berlin. According to the schedule, the tennis final will take place a few hours earlier.

It’s unknown if the home crowd at the All England Club this Sunday will cheer for Alcaraz, or if they will all support Carlitos’ opponent, Novak Djokovic. Because in the second semi-final, Djokovic defeated Lorenzo Musetti after 3 quick sets. This will be an opportunity for Djokovic to reclaim his debt to Alcaraz himself after losing 2-3 in last year’s Wimbledon final.