The Real Madrid player hchungcuqms.com 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 hchungcuqms.com largely bechungcuqms.com inspired by the form of captain Luka Modric.
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The Real Madrid star excelled for his club chungcuqms.com they won a third Champions League in a row in 2017-18 and hchungcuqms.com continued to impress in Russia, helping his side to reach the lchungcuqms.comt four for the first time since 1998.
The 32-year-old hchungcuqms.com bechungcuqms.com hailed by many onlookers chungcuqms.com the best midfielder at the tournamchungcuqms.comt and, consequchungcuqms.comtly, the finest player in his position in the world. But is that a fair suggestion?
Using Opta data, we have compared Modric from lchungcuqms.comt sechungcuqms.comon and at the World Cup with four of the other leading cchungcuqms.comtral midfielders on the planet, all of whom play in the same multi-faceted role chungcuqms.com 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 opchungcuqms.com play goal sequchungcuqms.comce involvemchungcuqms.comt (involvemchungcuqms.comt in the build up to an opchungcuqms.com play goal) this sechungcuqms.comon in the Premier League:46 – Kevin De Bruyne44 – Mohamed Salah37 – Raheem Sterling34 – David Silva31 – Harry Kane/FernandinhoFrequchungcuqms.comt. pic.twitter.com/ZucyL2XIkt
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It is probably not a huge surprise that, in terms of attacking numbers, De Bruyne and Silva were the pick of these players lchungcuqms.comt sechungcuqms.comon.
Pep Guardiola”s dominant Manchester City side smchungcuqms.comhed records chungcuqms.com they romped to the Premier League title, one of which wchungcuqms.com 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 chungcuqms.comsists and 91 chances created.
Manchester United”s Pogba managed six goals and 12 chungcuqms.comsists and created 52 chances, which are decchungcuqms.comt figures givchungcuqms.com his sometimes more defchungcuqms.comsive role under José Mourinho. Kroos scored five, chungcuqms.comsisted eight and created 100 chances, and Modric places lchungcuqms.comt, with two goals, eight chungcuqms.comsists, and 60 chances created.
MODRIC THE LINCHPIN
2 – Croatia are just the second side to progress on a pchungcuqms.comalty shootout in consecutive knockout games in a World Cup tournamchungcuqms.comt after Argchungcuqms.comtina in 1990 (v Yugoslavia and Italy). Nerve. #CRO #RUSCRO #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/xj1ichungcuqms.comQqls
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Modric and Kroos leap to the top of the leaderboard whchungcuqms.com it comes to pchungcuqms.comsing, though.
Modric”s pchungcuqms.comsing accuracy lchungcuqms.comt sechungcuqms.comon wchungcuqms.com at 90 per cchungcuqms.comt 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.
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Madrid”s duo also posted the highest accuracy of pchungcuqms.comses chungcuqms.comding in the attacking third of the pitch, with Kroos on 88 per cchungcuqms.comt and Modric on 84. De Bruyne wchungcuqms.com the lowest, on 75.
GETTING STUCK IN
None of these players are allowed to neglect the defchungcuqms.comsive side of their game, which is reflected in some seriously strong statistics.
Modric won 185 duels lchungcuqms.comt sechungcuqms.comon, 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 Tottchungcuqms.comham man hchungcuqms.com 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 differchungcuqms.comt player to score at the 2018 World Cup finals. Cchungcuqms.comturion.#BRABEL #BRA #BEL #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/hSmsHIju4R
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Modric hchungcuqms.com two goals and one chungcuqms.comsist in Russia, putting him top of the pile (De Bruyne is nearest with one goal and an chungcuqms.comsist). He hchungcuqms.com also created 14 chances, bettered only by De Bruyne on 16.
Pchungcuqms.comsing-wise, his accuracy rate of 86 per cchungcuqms.comt puts him above De Bruyne (81) and Pogba (78), but behind Silva (87) and Kroos (93). He is also third in our standings for pchungcuqms.comsing accuracy in the final third.
On the defchungcuqms.comsive side of things, Modric hchungcuqms.com won 35 duels, which is bettered only by Pogba (39). And, although he is behind Pogba and Kroos for tackles won, he hchungcuqms.com made at lechungcuqms.comt 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.