• Injuries: the Dupont method

Despite its fragile appearance, Luka Modric is not a crystal player, far from it. His regularity (talent plus physical endurance) has allowed him to become one of the most important midfielders in the history of the white team. However, his absences have been sounded, painful for Madrid. When reviewing the triumphant cycle of Champions (2014-2018), in the club of La Castellana the untimely loss of Modric is always remembered in the semifinal of 2015 against Juventus. A sprained knee left him out of a tie that ended up losing Madrid, the only one in five seasons in that period where whites raised four European Cups of five. They do not forget the name of the one who injured him in the hard set: Recio , then in Malaga. Would Madrid have reached that final with Barcelona with Modric? Convinced they are at the Bernabéu .

Now Zinedine Zidane will have to find an urgent solution because Zadar's is broken again, stretching to the alarming streak of injuries suffered by the template. Eighth muscular KO, eleventh physical mishap. The start of the course is being busy for the infirmary, where holders and substitutes accumulate. It was changed to the physical trainer (goodbye Pintus; hello Dupont) to improve this plot, that of injury prevention, but things remain more or less the same. Or even worse. In the case of Modric, the ZZ technical team can argue that their muscle breakage has occurred far. The Croatian fell with his selection, in the international break that ends these days.

The 10 did not miss a minute of the two meetings of Croatia , against Slovakia and Azerbaijan. A lot of effort to get four points (his goal of a penalty in the 1-1 draw at Baku) and leave the Balkans with slaughter even in the qualifying group. In Madrid they look at the calendar and the type of muscular problem of their player and fear that they will miss a series of important matches ( visits to Paris, the Pizjuán, the Wanda ) ... to be ready again when their selection returns to the grass, in the next FIFA window, there for the second week of October.

With 34 years, the current Golden Ball remains faithful to his national team, without saving a drop of sweat despite the risks of such a busy agenda. He himself has acknowledged that the feat of reaching the final of the last World Cup happened afterwards would be serious with his club last season. In Madrid he sighed at his farewell with Croatia, as did other veterans of his team after caressing the sky in Moscow, but his commitment has continued unshakable. He wants to play the next Eurocup and then maybe already close his stage with the plavi .

Without its best creator, ZZ will have to invent this Saturday before Levante (1:00 pm) solutions for a medulla where Isco and James are also missing. Yes, Casemiro will be there, but with more hours of airplane than training. Yesterday landed on his commitments to Brazil.

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