MADRID, 23 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modric said this Saturday that the Clásicos against FC Barcelona are “always” games of “great intensity and expectation”, although he insisted that they will not think “much” about the result against the azulgranas in the Las Vegas friendly. Preseason Vegas.
“We’re going to try to do well, prepare as well as possible. The Clásicos are always very intense and expectant, that’s why it’s important to do well. But we don’t have to think too much about the result, we have to improve until the Super Cup,” said the Croatian to the club’s media about the first Clasico of the season, at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, where the Whites will make their pre-season debut and the Blaugrana will play their third game of the 2022-2023 season.
Modric, 36, said that during the preseason they have been “very physical, with many races.” “It hasn’t been easy, but it’s necessary to prepare well and have a good season,” he added.
“We have also worked on tactics, tomorrow we have the first game and we are looking forward to the games. We like the ball, I think the team arrives well, we are going to be tired maybe due to the accumulation of work, but that is what it is for the preseason. Now we have to play a good game”, he said about the first days in the United States.
In addition, he explained how he prepared before starting training with the squad. “After the two weeks of vacation, I worked on my program, which Pintus sent me, and with my personal trainer to come a little fitter, because if you don’t do anything, everything is more difficult. We have come back very well, with better physical conditions than before,” he said.
“When you win you can’t relax and be satisfied, on the contrary, you want more, those are the things that push me forward, I’m very happy here, in the best team in the world, I have everything I can ask for,” settled the midfielder.