Spanish La Liga NewsCarlo Ancelotti is proud of the team
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One more day at the office. “Both are untouchable, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to play,” Ancelotti slipped in the preview. At the moment, Modric (37 years old) and Kroos (33) played. And at the beginning, clearing up any kind of doubt. Separating the pairing or not may be the question for some, but not for Carletto . 31 Classics already add up to Zadar and 25 to Greifswald. In bridge matches there may be rotation. On the big days: Modric and Kroos, the infinite couple, do not separate. Beyond the Classics and that full five, the dynamic is repeated. In the Copa del Rey quarter finals against Atleti, Camavinga accompanied Modric and Kroos. In the semifinal and final of the Club World Cup against Al Ahly and Al Hilal, the third in contention was Tchouameni, but the couple remained unchanged from the eleven. The European Super Cup will remain as the last game of the CMK , with Casemiro saying goodbye to his partners as MVP against Eintracht. In the Champions League round of 16 against Liverpool, only gastroenteritis broke the constant in the first leg, since the status quo was restored in the second leg . While in the semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup, Modric rotated against Valencia. In ten of the twelve matches of the season, the10 and 8 have gone hand in hand .

Numbers and sensations, hand in hand

And if in the last Madrid-Barça, with the Catalans linking three consecutive victories, they had not managed to impose their football, in the break of the streak, Modric and Kroos had a good part of the blame. Especially the genius of Zadar, who fastened a game, with an emphasis on the second part, to frame. He steered, accelerated, braked. Generic ingredients that came together in the 0-2 play where he cooked up Benzema’s goal with a wonderful start. Numerically they also provide support: a 91.8% success rate in the pass (41/45), 17 of them (out of 19) in the last third (leader in that aspect), the aforementioned assist and five recoveries .