It was to open the scoring Benzema (32 years old) and greet him on the way to the French Luka Modric (Zadar, Croatia, 35 years old) and Sergio Ramos (34 years old). The two companions and close friends since the arrival of the Croatian back in the summer of 2012 came to celebrate with the French. The two, along with Lucas Vázquez (29 years old), another illustrious man of Madrid's formidable night at the Alfredo Di Stéfano, end their contract on June 30, 2021. Worse: in just three weeks they will be able to sit down to negotiate with any European team …
And is that Luka Modric is living a second youth that is reviving the most brilliant stage of Madrid in this second decade of the 21st century: the whites won four Champions in five years. In 2015, Juventus eliminated him in the semifinals before falling in the final with Barcelona: the return match against the Italians could not be played by the Croatian after he suffered an injury in a match against Malaga. Against Borussia he once again executed a masterpiece in the work of creation, by energizing the midfield, organizing, helping the centrals to stop the German attackers, to get the ball out. Released from defensive tasks (Casemiro recovered 12 balls), he ended up exhausted, with a smile from ear to ear and without the goal award: Sommer, together with the help of the post, avoided a goal, and the referee, previously offside of Varane, another that if he entered the networks borussers. His intense game is summarized in the following data: 82 passes of 93 attempted (88% effective, with full on long passes, eleven of eleven). Of those 82 successful passes, Lucas Vázquez received the most (15), followed by Benzema and Varane (12 each). Rodrygo, with 10 assignments, was the fourth player. Only Courtois and Asensio did not pass the ball.
Modric wants to continue at Madrid and waits for the club to contact him to start talking about the terms of his new relationship, but since the board have not yet contacted any player who has just signed. They wait to see the evolution of the pandemic, but a year of Modric in Madrid is a lot. It is having one of the best midfielders in the world in white squad.
Champions League
* Data updated as of December 10, 2020
Luka has so far had 371 minutes in the six games he has played in the Champions League: he has traveled 42,945 meters (more than a marathon), and has accumulated seven consecutive starts in the last seven games (he has completed six games). He opened the scoring for Madrid in the Champions League (a formidable right hand against Shakhtar at Di Stéfano) and was a key player in the Whites' triumph against Inter at San Siro. Barely four months of competition have been played, but the influence of the Croatian in Zidane's scheme is notorious. His colleagues know it. Your renovation is in a hurry before time runs out. Meanwhile, Modric patiently awaits a call …