Quote from: coinlocket$ on August 16, 2019, 12:09:49 PM

Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on August 16, 2019, 11:49:04 AM

Modric was a key player for Real winning the CL & Croatia reaching the world cup final. I dont think you can question his 2018. I dont get the Pogba hype, I really dont.

What Modric did on WC? I watched all matches and he did get 2 half times on 7 matches, on CL he did I think 1 goal in 13 matches.
That Prizes was a shame.

That Ballon d'Or was stolen from Ronaldo

Just a perfect example of very shallow look at something so complex as football and tactics.

Regarding him on the WC, in those 7 games he played 694 minutes (that makes it on average 99 minutes per game, Croatia went 3 times in ET).I don't know what you watched, but certainly you didn't watch Croatia, or simply you didn't pay much attention to Modric. But he was key player.

It is more than just goals , or even assists.In every successful team you need players that will set the pace and control the middle without loosing ball and making mistakes.And Modric is that kind of player.He is not flashy, he doesn't make fancy dribbles, he doesn't score many goals or even make a lot of assists, but his impact is more than sum of his stats, his game is simple and effective.For me he is successor of other 2 brilliant and often overlooked players, Andrea Pirlo and Paul Scholes.