#2 Casemiro’s advanced role
Zidane opted to invert the midfield triangle with Casemiro playing in a more advanced role than he usually does and Toni Kroos and Luka Modric sitting deeper in the 4-3-3. This wasn’t the best move by the Frenchman.
Casemiro found himself playing box to box, rather than his natural holding midfield role at Real Madrid. He took shots and played through passes while Modric and Kroos didn’t push forward as regularly as they usually do, which was a complete mismatch.
It was 50-50 in either role for Casemiro, although he did do a satisfactory job and broke down quite a few counter attacks. However, if he was played in his more accustomed role, anchoring the midfield, he would have possibly stopped the counters that led to the goals.
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