Probably anyone would have gone for 'probably a goal' (penalty) rather than 'definitely a goal' (doing nothing)
It wasn't red though, there's a small distinction in the rules. He went for the ball and had a somewhat realistic chance at that. It would have been red if clearly all he could do was bring the Croatian guy down.
Yep. Modric had a good one and one Danish guy had one, but that's it I think. Why is it so hard for players at this level to simply run and kick the ball? What's with all that idiotic stuff like nearly stopping halfway?
If I'm not mistaken, you're already out for the final if your country reaches the semi or even quarter finals (no matter the result in that match) so that would have been impossible
Well, considering Croatia had a part in Argentina's elimination, the referee might indeed want to give Croatia some advantages as 'thank you' (since of course a referee from country A wants the team from country A to be out as fast as possible).