The ‘Holy Trinity’ turns 98

The ‘Santísima Trinidad’ of the center of the field fully enters its thirties. Casemiro, the youngest of the three players who have been marking an era in the core of the white team for several years, turns 30 today, Wednesday. Between the Brazilian, Kroos (32 years old) and Modric (36) are approaching the centenary. They add 98 years of age. Modric will turn 37 in September and Kroos will round off the centenary in January 2023. Meanwhile, the society they form continues to be an indispensable trio coach after coach (now for Ancelotti) and winning titles for Real Madrid. The last one, the Spanish Super Cup just over a month ago in Saudi Arabia.

Casemiro celebrates his 30th anniversary on the way to completing his first decade under white discipline. He arrived at Castilla in early 2013 as a rookie in his twenties from Sao Paulo. One of those bets on youth that have been so profitable for Madrid in recent years. Along with the midfielder, players such as Vinicius, Asensio or Militao are consolidated in the starting eleven, and Valverde is one of the substitute theorists who has the greatest role in Ancelotti’s plans.

This season the Brazilian has played 34 games, 32 of them as a starter. He has been in the starting eleven with the other two members of the trident on 19 occasions and they have shared minutes on the pitch in two other games. Although the years pass, they remain fresh. Had it not been for the pubalgia Kroos suffered earlier in the season, they would be on the verge of reaching the 28 games they played together last season. The previous one, they played 27. The Paulista has this exercise the pending subject of the goal. He still hasn’t scored, when last season he scored seven goals.

13 titles together

Since 2015, when Casemiro returned from his loan at Porto, Madrid has achieved 113 victories, 33 draws and 40 defeats in the 176 games in which the three have coincided at some point on the pitch. Together they have won 13 titles: three Champions Leagues, two Leagues, three Club World Cups, two European Super Cups and three in Spain. In addition, Modric and Kroos won the European Super Cup and the Club World Cup (2014-15) and the Croatian and the Brazilian treasure the Cup and the Champions League from 2013-14.

Casemiro reaches thirty with 320 games played for Madrid. The sum of the matches played by the three exceeds a thousand battles with the white shirt. In all, 1,088. Kroos has 348 and Modric has 420. The German is three games away from entering the top-30 of players with the most matches at Madrid. The Balkan, meanwhile, is close to entering the top-20. The border is marked by Zoco, with 434, and the next to Navarrese is Cristiano with 438. In addition, Modric, who must negotiate in June the extension of his contract for another year, will end the season as the eighth longest-lived player to play a game with Real Madrid.