Euro 2016: Top 5 goals from the tournament so far

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2) Luka Modric vs Turkey

Modric scored a wondrous volley to give Croatia a 1-0 win over Turkey

The 30-year-old creative midfielder was coming to the Euros on the back of a terrific season with Real Madrid where he helped Real win an 11th Champions League and a lot of Croatia’s hopes were pinned on Modric. Croatia would begin their Euro 2016 campaign against Turkey which was a rematch of their previous encounter at the quarterfinals of Euro 2008.

Croatia began the match brightly with a couple of early chances but it was their talismanic midfielder Modric who would prove to be the decisive factor of the match. In the 41st minute of the match.

Captain Darijo Srna took a corner and the ball was gathered by Ivan Rakitic who crossed in only for the ball to be cleared by Selcuk Inan which landed on the feet on Modric and the latter struck a thunderous volley from long range to give Croatia the lead and score his eleventh goal for Croatia. It turned out to be the winning goal of the match and Croatia began their Euro campaign in style.

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