On this day, June 24th, 2026, Croatia, one of the biggest footballing nations in recent years with their best legend, Luka Modric became one of the first of the nations in the FIFA World Cup 2026 to be eliminated in the group stage.
By losing their first game to Nigeria and going on to draw against Canada, Croatia's hopes of making it to the knockout stage became as good as null.
It would take a miracle for them to make it at this point.
On that same day that one of the best footballing legends of the 21st century potentially bowed out of the FIFA World Cup 2026, another legend, a new one, just 20 years old made his final preparations to take to the pitch for his 2nd career FIFA World Cup game.
Sam prepared to take the FIFA World Cup stage the 2nd time for his country.
But earlier, a day before the D-day…
It was the Nigeria National Team Training Camp in Kansas City, USA.
The time was 5:45pm, a day before the fated match.
