Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) before returning to Real Madrid in the Champions League: “Difficult to stop Modric”

Mateo Kovacic : “It’s hard to stop him (Luka Modric), because he’s an incredible player. Obviously he is Croatian and I looked up to him when I was a kid, because he played for my favorite club, Dinamo Zagreb. Now that we’ve become good friends, I admire him even more. He’s a great person, a great player. I can’t wait to play against him again tomorrow (Tuesday).

He was always as good as he is now. To my knowledge, over the last five or six years, he has always been at the same level, which is incredible. Why is he so good? He loves football so much and he is professional every day. If he continues like this, I see him playing another three or four years at this level. »