MADRID, 18 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Croatian midfielder of Real Madrid, Luka Modric, recalled the importance of Tuesday’s game against Shakhtar Donetsk, a rival who sees “even better” than last year when he defeated them twice, and which they must win to finish with a bad moment and because after losing to Sheriff Tiraspol they don’t have “much more room” to fail.
“We know that this is a very important game for us, especially because of the last game we lost at home. We don’t have much more room to be wrong,” Modric warned this Monday at a press conference.
For this reason, he asked “to enter the game like Real Madrid, with confidence, strength, giving everything.” “We have to play well as we did at the beginning of the season. In the last two or three games we have not been at the best level, but I think that after the break we have trained well and prepared for the game,” he stressed.
In this sense, the international does not see the desire for revenge with the Ukrainian team for the two defeats last year, but rather “the desire to play a good game, to win it because it is important.” “Shakhtar is a very strong team as they demonstrated on those two occasions and they continue to be so. A difficult game awaits us, but I hope with a different ending than the last few times,” said the Madrid player.
“My former captain (Darijo Srna) is the director of this team and that is why I follow him. They have changed their coach and their style of play a bit, now they want to have more of the ball and start playing from behind. I think they are even better than last year. past, “Modric added.
Regarding the criticism of the Whites’ midfield in recent games, he recalled that “when you play for Real Madrid it is something you have to accept and be used to.” “When you win everything is wonderful and when it does not happen like in the last three games doubts begin and whether we are good or not. We do not worry much, we trust ourselves and return to play as we have always done and at the beginning of We have room to improve and I hope we will do so over time, “he remarked.
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In addition, when asked about the trio that he forms with Kroos and Casemiro and if it is better than the one that Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets formed in Barça and in the national team, he preferred not to comment. “To be honest I don’t like comparisons. They did a lot for their clubs and the national team, we also did for Real Madrid, I prefer that others think who is better,” he replied.
The Croatian also referred to Karim Benzema’s chances for the Ballon d’Or and FIFA’s idea of holding a World Cup every two years. For the trophy, he believes that “there are several candidates who can win it” and that for him the forward “is one of them”. “I hope he can win it because he deserves it because of how he has played this year and because of his career. Furthermore, he has finally won a title with France which is also important when voting to win this award,” he said.
“I don’t see the point in a World Cup every two years because it is a special tournament because it is every four and because everyone expects it so much. But, as you said (to the journalist), we are not asked much and they try to do things without asking the players and coaches “, settled on a biannual World Cup.