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#2 That irreplaceable midfield

FBL-EUR-C1-LIVERPOOL-REAL MADRID — Kroos and Modric are two of the finest midfielders on the planet

Toni Kroos and Luka Modric are wizards. They seem to so nonchalantly go about business in the most important area of the park and often their contributions go under the radar because of what their attackers are able to produce in front of goal.

But Modric and Kroos go about their business with incredible ease. Just check out Modric's stats from the Champions League final and you will understand how effective he was though he may have gone unnoticed for the greater part of the game after having curtailed the flair quotient in favour of effectiveness.

100% tackles won (4), 94% pass accuracy, 90 touches, 72 passes, 4 take-ons and 0 fouls.

According to this Guardian article,

“By the end of 90 minutes Toni Kroos and Luka Modric had made 159 passes combined, 151 of them successful. Their opposite numbers James Milner and Jordan Henderson completed 50 passes between them."

That's how brutally Toni Kroos and Modric dominates the opposition midfield. When they have Casemiro sweeping behind them, Kroos and Modric will pull the strings from midfield and on big occasions, they all step up to the plate and give it their very best. I don't why I'm prolonging this. You know this just as well as I do.

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