““I have a dream,” Barack Obama once said. phrase that Luka Modric could well make his own in the face of the new challenge he has set for himself. The midfielder sees that his legs respond and that his head feels just as competitive as when eighteen years ago, he started wearing the Croatian national team shirt. Now he sees the World Cup and twenty years of service to his country closer than ever and does not rule out being present at the meeting of the United States, Mexico and Canada. And if he can arrive dressed in Real Madrid white, even better. In March 2006 He debuted with his team and is still there 181 parties after.
Modric has participated in the first fifteen games of the season in which he has been able to play. None of them have been lost. It started in the European Super Cup and played all ninety minutes in the Nations League match that Croatia played and won against Scotland. The curious thing is that the contribution of minutes has grown, that the importance of their minutes has not increased and that, for example, Carlo Ancelotti pulls the Croatian as soon as he sees that his team needs talent of the little footballer.
Modric celebrates his 39th birthday with a great goal that gave Croatia the victory
Puskas’ record
The midfielder will become the player next Saturday against Celta more veteranor in playing a match with Real Madrid. Puskas played his last game at 39 years and 36 days old, mark that the Croatian will surpass in the next match in which he wears the Real Madrid shirt.
As the season has progressed, his contribution has increased. He feels good and his football has not suffered. As has been happening in recent years, ahead is the challenge of renewing, something that some have been announcing for years will be the last, but He strives to prove that this is not the case.
Kroos and Modric’s last show: they are left alone at Wembley… and create a unique moment
More minutes and greater importance
Last season he stopped playing in the seventh and eighth matchdays, starting three league games after the first nine matchdays. In the Champions League he was a substitute in one and a starter in another. With Croatia he completed three, for another in which he was on the grass for 61 minutes.
So far this campaign he has already totaled 483 minutes in the League (200 more than in the previous year)with three complete games. Two substitutions in the Champions League and Super Cup, plus three games with the national team, which on Tuesday will be four. The best thing is that he continues running, fighting and putting himself at the service of both Real Madrid and Croatia. its exquisite football. Modric has no end.
