"Since we are a small country, Luka receives less attention than he deserves. He is one of the best players in the world and even has to be awarded the Golden Ball, "defender Dejan Lovren told his captain.
A situation in front of the penalty area "Albiceleste" 80 minutes, Modric processing fast and neat to make Nicolas Otamendi feel embarrassed and then launched a definitive shot. The goalkeeper Willy Caballero was probably too slow to understand what had just happened. The ball is in the net with the joy of all Croatians. That day, there was only one M10.Throughout his career, it was not the first time Modric had such a ball. Watching Modric play, the two most suitable words to describe him are "calm and free." The light and simple cheeks as if not have become the brand of Croatian captain. But "leisure" is not synonymous with "freeze". After winning against Argentina, the statistics indicated Modric was the second most active player (26.09 km), speeding up third (93 times) and having the most shocks (7 times) on the team. the army of coach Zlatko Dalic. Figures after the 2017/2018 season also showed that Modric was also the average cut-off player in Real Madrid's fourth-most (2.5) after Nacho Fernandez, Casemiro and Sergio Ramos.
Perhaps more people will be surprised by such statistics. Everyone knows that Modric is a top pass, a master of ball control. But like many Balkan-born players, where throughout the '90s a tragic and destructive place, wars of the nineteen nineteenth century brought with it a very strong will to fight. strong.
