The star of the World Cup Ivana Knoll stole the show in Qatar for the past few weeks as her beloved Croatia went all the way to the semi-final of the World Cup, only to beat by a very impressive Argentine side. 

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The 30-year-old wrote in her Instagram caption: “Sometimes we play amazing, sometimes not so well.

“Sometimes in the semi-finals we have bad referee like yesterday to give penalty for nothing and losing the chance to get the trophy.

“Sometimes we are underrated and then we show the way home to the most favored team, that is football…

“But the most important thing, we are A SMALL COUNTRY WITH A BIG HEART and I am proud to be a Croatian forever and ever!”