India, May 30 -- The greatest joys in football are often the simplest: the sweetly-timed kick, a pass that goes exactly as you want it to, the run past the defender, the shimmy, a tackle done right. These are the things that make a match. There can be a sprinkling of magic and it stands out because it is a sprinkling. But what would these magical moments be without simplicity? It is a question that can often be asked when watching the 40-year-old Luka Modric. "Marca" once called him the "eternal solution" but the true magic is in the simple things he does. His movement is the first thing that comes to mind. He is everywhere at once and when Croatia are playing well everything seems to go through him. We see the magic passes, the vision, the...