A few weeks away from celebrating his 37th birthday, Luka Modric remains a world-class player. With Real Madrid like Croatia, the midfielder has come close to perfection this season.
Modric still displays an exceptional level.
Luka Modric is a footballing legend. While Karim Benzema will win his first Ballon d’Or next October, the Croatian midfielder will never remain the one and only player to have ended the hegemony of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo concerning the most prestigious of individual awards in football. winning in 2018.
But when we thought he was on the downward slope after more than 15 years of professionalism, the vice-world champion decided to resist.
Always on top
As a symbol, he was, on Monday, the one and only scorer in his team’s victory over the France team (0-1), in the League of Nations. So yes, this will not erase the defeat in the final of the last World Cup against the Blues. But Modric can boast of having been present for his nation’s first victory against France, in the enclosure where his years stopped at the gates of the 1998 World Cup final. In addition to his achievement on a generous penalty, the former Tottenham player above all recited a new score worthy of his immense talent: ball shots, passes from the outside of the foot, tempo management… Modric, rated 8/10 and voted man of the match by the editorial staff of Maxifoot, gave the impression of playing in slippers without ever being embarrassed by his opponents.
thundering? Not really, after all. On social networks, Real Madrid fans have not hesitated to glorify their metronome by comparing Andrs Iniesta, living legend of the round ball, who is currently fighting to maintain with Vissel Kobe, bottom of the Japanese championship. For these, Modric is put at the level of the greatest players in history due to his grace, his longevity but above all his still incredible performances. And they have something to brag about since their darling has never been so decisive in a season since his arrival in the Spanish capital in 2012 with 3 goals scored and 12 distilled offerings in 45 games. A flattering record for a player who could have been satiated after so much success.
Tireless Modric
Recently extended for an additional season after lengthy negotiations only three minutes according to the Spanish press, can Modric continue to maintain such a level soon 37 years? There is no reason for it to decline immediately. An intact technique, a hunger for a wolf still as great and above all a physique that holds up, the man with 3438 minutes in 45 games with the White House in 2021/2022 (55 including the selection), who only missed 9 meetings, each time preserved by Carlo Ancelotti, is far from having said its last word. In any case, he will find no excuse with the fatigue accumulated over the past few months, he who played his last match of the exercise in its entirety…
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