Toni Kroos can in the midfield of Barcelona in the last classic, on October 16, where the Real Madrid they won 3-1 with a great performance from the German who will act as a pivot against the Catalans this Sunday after signing another great performance in the semifinals of Spanish Supercup against him Valencia.
A position that he reneged on years ago and where the Italian Carlo Ancelottiwith the wisdom of dealing with football players who identify with him, has put him, especially after the departure of the Brazilian Casemiro and in meetings where the French Aurelien Tchouameni He was unable to play due to injury or because the coach rested him.
There are already five meetings in which Cross became the pivot of Real Madrid and they all have two things in common: they have finished with victory and the Uruguayan is on their side Fede Valverdewhich gives the physique that he no longer has at the age of 33 years Cross and that it is the perfect complement so that he can assume the controls of the game.
He did it against her Legs. He attempted 112 passes and 108 with an excellent -96.43% accuracy, numbers in which the German is one of the few players in the world who moves normally.
Of course, the most important thing is that a large part of them went forward, and did not abuse the security passes or go back. According to data from BeSoccer Pro, out of 112, 51 are upright -who have completed the most semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup- and 15 of them in the final third of the field.
He controls the tempo in a Real Madrid which is maintained thanks to the Belgian Thibaut Courtois, because it does not count, as Ancelotti himself recognized in his “we are not at the top” at this moment of the season with physical joy, represented in the performance declines of Valverde Y Viniciuswhich he had when he beat 3-1 in the classic Barcelona which he will face again this Sunday.
90% pass accuracy, -again- with 53 attempts and 11 of them progressive; he won four of his five duels with the ball, some of them with a neat release of the ball – as, for example, in the first goal when he gave a measured long pass to Vinicius and that ended with a goal Benzema-; and pulled intelligence to be key to defense as well.
He won 14 contests for the 18 balls in which he was involved; He committed only one foul and recovered two balls in the opposite field after a loss. A recital of Cross while on the bench, Xavi, who dominated the midfield for years during his glorious period at Barcelona,
A performance on the big stage of the season so far, because this Sunday there is a title at stake, after which there was a lot of talk about the German’s renewal.
Cross His contract expires on June 30, 2023 and so far he has not told the club he wants to move on. The Real Madrid The extension proposal for one season has been saved, and if it is confirmed depends only on the German, who repeatedly wants to retire from the white team and never be a burden on the club.
He does not want to extend his contract in the summer while waiting to evaluate himself to continue in the elite. In terms of football, he showed that he still has arguments to play at the highest level, but the decision was made to wait while he continues to be a capital footballer in the schemes of ancelotti.
Source: La Verdad
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