Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

If football is compared to war, Modric may not be better than Zidane, Xavi and Pirlo in terms of strategizing and managing military secrets.

But if we talk about being the first to go to battle and being armed to the teeth, Modric must be at the forefront!

Ferguson once praised the Croatian,

"He (Modric) is a role model for modern players!"

"The player you are most looking forward to working with? That must be Luka."

Former checkered army coach Bilic once said, "Looking at the world, only Kaka of the Brazilian team is better than Modric!"

Two different Croatian teams with and without Modric on the field.

As long as Modric is on the field, the checkered players on the field must be very brave!

For example, now!

The 13th minute of the game.

Croatia launched an attack!

Modric received a pass from Kovacic behind him, and after a few steps, the Real Madrid midfielder immediately passed the ball to Kramaric on the right.

Today, the checkered army lined up a 433 formation, but in the actual game, it was a 4231 formation.

Modric partnered with Perisic and Kramaric to organize the attack.

If Chen Chen played, he would probably be in this attacking midfielder position.

It is worth noting that in Manchester City, this position is usually occupied by De Bruyne.

If Chen Chen joined Manchester City, he would have to compete with the Belgian star.

Fortunately, Chen Chen can be pulled to the left, and De Bruyne can occasionally be pulled to the right, so both of them have alternative positions.

As for the original left and right candidates?

Who cares about them?

After giving the ball to Kramaric, Modric and Brozovic pressed forward together.

Croatia is playing away today, and it is also the European Cup, so the strategy of hiding one point was directly abandoned by them.

Dalic's idea today was to press hard in the first half, force the opponent to make a fatal mistake and get a chance to score, and then make substitutions in the second half to focus on defense.

Southgate also understood the opponent's idea, so he did not choose the same high-profile tactics at the beginning, but asked the players to shrink the formation and make the defensive position more compact, so as not to give the opponent any chance!

Kramaric quickly went down the bottom, and then passed the ball to Modric who was advancing.

Modric swept the ball to the penalty spot before Mings came up to stretch his legs to intercept!

Modric's choice was actually very simple, but sometimes simple tactical choices are the most effective!

The ball fell near the penalty spot, Rebic advanced to the position, and stabbed with a flying shovel!

Pickford couldn't catch it!

Croatia opened the record at Wembley Stadium!

"Modric."

"Find Kramaric!"

"Return to Modric!"

"Sweep to the middle, Rebic!"

"The first goal has appeared!"

"Croatia scored the first goal!"

"The Plaid Army scored the first goal at Wembley Stadium!"

"The current score is 0-1!"

"After losing to Armenia and Belgium in friendly matches, everyone is worried about the state of the Plaid Army's game."

"However, in the first game of Group D of the European Cup, Croatia swept away the decadent situation of two consecutive defeats and staged a comeback drama!"

"Modric's decisive side split and sweep, Kramaric's excellent bottom pull! Rebic's self-sacrificing flying shovel shot!"

"This is the strength of the 2018 World Cup runner-up!"

"Are the Three Lions going to lose to Croatia again?"

Zhan Jun in the studio was shouting at the top of his voice!

Croatia's attack was so smooth!

Zhan Jun began to compare Chen Chen and Modric together.

After careful comparison, Zhan Jun found that Chen Chen could only surpass Modric in speed and youth!

Croatian fans who came to Wembley Stadium were in a carnival!

Leading England?

This is so cool!

After scoring, Rebic rushed to the corner flag area, then stood still, put his hands on his ears to make a fan shape, meaning that the boos from the Three Lions fans would be louder!

This was a blatant provocation.

English fans are not good people, they booed Rebic and his teammates.

Modric and Kovacic, who is playing for Chelsea, are no exception!

"I feel like I've been cheated. Every time the World Cup comes, Southgate's team becomes sick again!"

"Is Modric still human? Why is he so strong?"

"It was a complete mistake for Tottenham to let Luka go! He could have played wonderful midfield duels with De Bruyne in the Premier League!"

"Isn't Chen Chen pretty good? I look forward to seeing him and De Bruyne play together!""Come on, what else is there to say about friendly matches? Do you think he can still perform so well after leaving England, the king of friendly matches?" "......" As Croatia changed the score to 1-0, the discussion on social media began to intensify. The Three Lions fans started their routine operations again. These fans with the Union Jack began to denounce coach Southgate. They believe that the national team needs to change coaches! Of course, this has been said since 2018, and the English Football Association has gotten used to it. The broadcast camera gave Southgate, who was crossing his arms on the sidelines. The Three Lions coach frowned and looked very serious. The same was true for Dalic on the other side. The coach had no joy after scoring the goal, but a serious look on his face.

He paced back and forth first, then shouted loudly to the court, asking the players to defend well!

After losing a goal, the Three Lions will definitely increase their offense!

At Wembley Stadium, after hugging and celebrating, the Croatian players slowly walked back to the center circle, waiting for the game to continue.

For the Three Lions, Manchester City's prince Foden, who played as a left winger today, did not perform well. He was directly deceived by the coordination of Kramaric and Brozovic!

In the left area, Kramaric, who had just dribbled the ball to the bottom, He didn't even get too much pressure, and he easily came to the baseline.

This made it very easy for Kramaric to compress the England team's defense space, and it was also easy to pass the ball to Modric.

Looking at Foden's poor performance, Nanmen saw it with his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

It's a pity that Southgate didn't have the courage of Lippi to make substitutions in the first half.

So others can become world-class coaches, but Southgate hesitated and finally left in disgrace.

In fact, there are three options on the left: Grealish, Rashford, and Chen Chen.

But Manchester City's excellent performance "deceived" Southgate.

Manchester City has De Bruyne, B Silva and Gundogan in the midfield. Do the Three Lions have this configuration?

A little bit worse, right?

Of course, there is a reason for Foden's sluggish state.

Rice and Phillips failed to give Foden much support because they needed to pay more attention to defense.

And Mount?

Mount's performance today was also average. Facing his club teammate Kovacic, Mount was directly restricted. He couldn't help Foden attract firepower with his body.

As for Sterling, he is not a midfielder!

"Beep! "

The referee blew the whistle, signaling the game to continue.

Today's referee team is from Italy.

The referee is the pride of Italy---46-year-old Daniele Osato.

He was elected the best referee of the 2016 European Cup.

As for Osato's most famous game, it must be the semi-final of Argentina vs Modric in the 2022 World Cup.

In that game, Osato's refereeing performance was very good.

This allowed him to defeat a number of world-renowned referees and won the title of the best referee of the 2022 Qatar World Cup!

Among the referees he defeated, there are many familiar names.

For example, Frenchman Tirpan, Michael Oliver, who has been very good since he left England, and blind god Anthony Taylor, etc.