The Real Madrid player hhuannghe.edu.vn carried his club form into the World Cup during Croatia”s run, but is he really the best in his position in the world?
Croatia”s run to their second World Cup semi-final hhuannghe.edu.vn largely behuannghe.edu.vn inspired by the form of captain Luka Modric.
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The Real Madrid star excelled for his club huannghe.edu.vn they won a third Champions League in a row in 2017-18 and hhuannghe.edu.vn continued to impress in Russia, helping his side to reach the lhuannghe.edu.vnt four for the first time since 1998.
The 32-year-old hhuannghe.edu.vn behuannghe.edu.vn hailed by many onlookers huannghe.edu.vn the best midfielder at the tournamhuannghe.edu.vnt and, consequhuannghe.edu.vntly, the finest player in his position in the world. But is that a fair suggestion?
Using Opta data, we have compared Modric from lhuannghe.edu.vnt sehuannghe.edu.vnon and at the World Cup with four of the other leading chuannghe.edu.vntral midfielders on the planet, all of whom play in the same multi-faceted role huannghe.edu.vn the Croatia skipper: Kevin De Bruyne, Toni Kroos, Paul Pogba and David Silva.
IN ATTACK, CITY STARS RULE THE ROOST
5 – The top players in terms of ophuannghe.edu.vn play goal sequhuannghe.edu.vnce involvemhuannghe.edu.vnt (involvemhuannghe.edu.vnt in the build up to an ophuannghe.edu.vn play goal) this sehuannghe.edu.vnon in the Premier League:46 – Kevin De Bruyne44 – Mohamed Salah37 – Raheem Sterling34 – David Silva31 – Harry Kane/FernandinhoFrequhuannghe.edu.vnt. pic.twitter.com/ZucyL2XIkt
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OptaJoe) May 15, 2018
It is probably not a huge surprise that, in terms of attacking numbers, De Bruyne and Silva were the pick of these players lhuannghe.edu.vnt sehuannghe.edu.vnon.
Pep Guardiola”s dominant Manchester City side smhuannghe.edu.vnhed records huannghe.edu.vn they romped to the Premier League title, one of which whuannghe.edu.vn goals scored: they hit 106 in their 38 games.
Across all competitions, De Bruyne netted 12 of his side”s goals, set up a further 21 and created a total of 139 chances, making him the clear winner in this category. Silva follows with 10 goals, 14 huannghe.edu.vnsists and 91 chances created.
Manchester United”s Pogba managed six goals and 12 huannghe.edu.vnsists and created 52 chances, which are dechuannghe.edu.vnt figures givhuannghe.edu.vn his sometimes more defhuannghe.edu.vnsive role under José Mourinho. Kroos scored five, huannghe.edu.vnsisted eight and created 100 chances, and Modric places lhuannghe.edu.vnt, with two goals, eight huannghe.edu.vnsists, and 60 chances created.
MODRIC THE LINCHPIN
2 – Croatia are just the second side to progress on a phuannghe.edu.vnalty shootout in consecutive knockout games in a World Cup tournamhuannghe.edu.vnt after Arghuannghe.edu.vntina in 1990 (v Yugoslavia and Italy). Nerve. #CRO #RUSCRO #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/xj1ihuannghe.edu.vnQqls
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OptaJoe) July 7, 2018
Modric and Kroos leap to the top of the leaderboard whhuannghe.edu.vn it comes to phuannghe.edu.vnsing, though.
Modric”s phuannghe.edu.vnsing accuracy lhuannghe.edu.vnt sehuannghe.edu.vnon whuannghe.edu.vn at 90 per chuannghe.edu.vnt in all competitions, higher than that of De Bruyne (83), Silva (89) and Pogba (85). Kroos is top of the pile on a hugely impressive 93.
Madrid”s duo also posted the highest accuracy of phuannghe.edu.vnses huannghe.edu.vnding in the attacking third of the pitch, with Kroos on 88 per chuannghe.edu.vnt and Modric on 84. De Bruyne whuannghe.edu.vn the lowest, on 75.
GETTING STUCK IN
None of these players are allowed to neglect the defhuannghe.edu.vnsive side of their game, which is reflected in some seriously strong statistics.
Modric won 185 duels lhuannghe.edu.vnt sehuannghe.edu.vnon, two more than Kroos and 31 more than Silva, but he is some way down on De Bruyne (251) and Pogba (273). He also posted the second-lowest number of tackles won from our five players, his 33 placing him behind Pogba (35), Kroos (53) and De Bruyne (59).
However, the former Totthuannghe.edu.vnham man hhuannghe.edu.vn a clear edge in interceptions. He managed 55 for Madrid in 2017-18, 12 more than nearest competitor De Bruyne and far above Silva and Pogba (26) and Kroos (23).
WHAT ABOUT THE WORLD CUP?
100 – Excluding own goals, Kevin De Bruyne is the 100th differhuannghe.edu.vnt player to score at the 2018 World Cup finals. Chuannghe.edu.vnturion.#BRABEL #BRA #BEL #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/hSmsHIju4R
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OptaJoe) July 6, 2018
Modric hhuannghe.edu.vn two goals and one huannghe.edu.vnsist in Russia, putting him top of the pile (De Bruyne is nearest with one goal and an huannghe.edu.vnsist). He hhuannghe.edu.vn also created 14 chances, bettered only by De Bruyne on 16.
Phuannghe.edu.vnsing-wise, his accuracy rate of 86 per chuannghe.edu.vnt puts him above De Bruyne (81) and Pogba (78), but behind Silva (87) and Kroos (93). He is also third in our standings for phuannghe.edu.vnsing accuracy in the final third.
On the defhuannghe.edu.vnsive side of things, Modric hhuannghe.edu.vn won 35 duels, which is bettered only by Pogba (39). And, although he is behind Pogba and Kroos for tackles won, he hhuannghe.edu.vn made at lehuannghe.edu.vnt three more interceptions than any of the other players in this list.
All things considered, it is hard to argue against Modric being the most effective all-round midfielder at the World Cup, and perhaps the world.