UEFA Champions League/Europa League 12/13/14 May *** Spoilers ***
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If he wants to go, he will. We can't stop him but I hope Bale comes the other way and carries on from his Spurs form.
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I'm pretty sure that Kroos is like the best playmaker the world has ever seen, I mean he literally won playmaker of the season or world cup, or playmaker of the moon or something the other year.
Another game he had a monumental impact on, two hilariously pathetic passes to the keeper that were pretending to be shots, did nothing defensively, grand total of zero killer through balls. Passed long/wide several times, lost the ball several times. Epic, another killer performance in a big game.
It's a shame I don't understand his position or I'd totally know why he was crucial to the team tonight.
Modric when he plays does more defensively and massively more offensively than other Real midfielders. I'm not a huge fan of Khedira but he'd do a lot more driving into the box and likely more defensively than Kroos. I'd have played him instead of almost anyone tonight, ahead of James who did almost nothing, ahead of Isco who did nothing, ahead of Kroos. PRetty much any player he could have started instead of, just moving the team around to get him in the middle. Benzema shouldn't have come off, the team is built around him running in the middle and providing a big physical presence against the CB's to allow others to find space. They've been dire without him playing, massively improved with him on the pitch compared to the first leg and did nothing at all when he went off.
Personally think that for the most part James + bale + Ronaldo + Isco doesn't work. You need 2-3 of those types of players, drifting around providing some spark, you need a couple more Modric/Khedira types who can impose themselves in midfield.
I pretty much feel that with Khedira they are resigned to him losing so have no interest in dropping an expensive player, be it Kroos, James or Bale, to get him in the team. They don't want him to succeed, help the team, be important, then walk out, shame.
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They did indeed miss Modric massively last night. Every time I have seen him play for them he has been one of their best players. He hardly ever loses the ball, he is quite good defensively and he picks out the forward passes brilliantly. Kroos is far too static in that role and doesn't do any of the above well. In the right team and setup Kroos is very good in a different role but i'm amazed that he hasn't been getting more flak this season.