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Croatia midfielder Luka Modric said on Sunday (22 June) that his side were "a better team and better individuals than Mexico" and was confident in a "positive result" in their World Cup Group A match on Monday (23 June).

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SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Luka Modric, Croatia midfielder:(Q: "How motivated are you to advance to the knockout stage after missing out at Euro 2012?)

"This World Cup provides additional motives to make an additional step. We have the quality for that and we deserve to make that breakthrough. Tomorrow everything is in our hands, we have to play as well as we can and I am sure that we will be the right kind of team on the day and I believe in a positive result tomorrow."

SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Niko Kovac, Croatia manager:

"It would be huge to score an early goal tomorrow to heap pressure on them, but I do believe they are under enough pressure already. You can compare our ambitions and our goals and Mexico's ambitions and goals and if anybodies knees that should tremble it should be theirs."

SOUNDBITE: (Croatian) Niko Kovac, Croatia manager:

"They have shown high quality football in the first two matches, they play very aggressively, very directly, but I think that we are a better team and better individuals than Mexico and that we will show that tomorrow."