It hasn’t been an easy start to the season for Luka Modric. At only 38 years old, he has to see how, even in these early days, there are already players in the Real Madrid squad capable of ‘stealing’ the starting position that for years was his exclusive. At least the first three games in which the Croatian started from the bench.
In this way, in this national team break where, as usual, he responded to Croatia’s call, ’10’ saw how things did not change in his team and, in fact, in the two games against Latvia (5-0). ) and Armenia (0-1) became the starter, playing 61 minutes and the full 90 in the end, making a total of 151 and that is more than he played at Real Madrid in the first four days of the Liga that did not more than 132 minutes.
Data, all of them, that prove that Luka Modric He has lost weight in the Real Madrid midfield and that, despite his almost infinite quality, the player is looking for a gift where his second role, due to his old age in football, can bring it to him.
We must not forget that, currently, the Croatian is the third oldest player in LaLiga just behind Alvaro Negredo and Raul Albiol and that, in front of young people not more than 20 years old like Tchouaméni, Camavinga or Valverde Almost impossible to match even if your name is Luka Modric.
As such, there is no doubt that the Croatian will continue to fight for a place in the eleven to make things difficult for Ancelotti who, yes, is very good at managing between veterans and newcomers.
Source: La Verdad
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