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Strong player's tenderness for friend

Danijel Subasic, Croatia's goalkeeper, has been performing excellently during the World Cup this year. But most people don't know that he is not only a strong goalkeeper on the field with professional skills, but also a tender friend to late player Hrvoje Custic, who died during a match.

Knowing that playing at World Cup had always been his friend's dream, Subasic has been wearing a shirt inside the team shirt with his friend's photo, the word "forever" and the number "24" in every World Cup match this year. Twenty-four was the age of his friend when he died.

Subasic took off his team shirt every time they won a match, hoping that his friend could see the success.