Casemiro defends his triangle with Kroos and Modric in Helsinki
After winning the European Super Cup in Helsinki on Wednesday evening, Carlo Ancelotti sat on the steps of the celebratory podium and chatted for a while with Militão and Casemiro: “I was tired and sat down. The problem is that I have a knee that bothers me when I stand, she explained. He is a savant who can defuse sensitive issues with a smile.
The Italian’s knee hurts, yes, and he feels better sitting down, but he doesn’t pick just any place to do it. On Wednesday, the place was on the right side of the footballer Casemiro, for whom Real Madrid has bought the most expensive spare part of recent times: up to 100 million can cost the 22-year-old French Aurélien Tchoaumen eight less than the Brazilian. .
This season is the first in which Madrid will have three sizeable changes to the already legendary midfield, the Casemiro-Kroos-Modric triple. Florentino Pérez’s Three Tenors. Bermuda triangle for Ancelotti. “Because the ball disappears there,” he explained after beating Juventus in pre-season.
The Italian knows, as everyone knows, that they too will disappear. Kroos is 32 years old, Modric turns 37 next month. The club has Camavinga (19) and Valverde (24) in the chamber. It is impossible to determine when that Day of Atonement will come. And he’s not going to rush it.
They resist. Modric said it the day before the Super Cup when rotations were mentioned to him: “Age doesn’t matter, what you do on the pitch matters. I feel very good playing. I’m talking to the coach every day, we’ll see how he feels about it. He knows that I like to play and that playing makes me feel better.
The following day, Casemiro produced a stunning performance in the win against Eintracht, which was recognized with the man of the match award. That took him to the press room, where he asserted his band’s credentials: “There are things in football that are not explained, that become self-evident. Talking about Modric and Kroos, who are the best in the world, it’s a little easier for me to play with them,” he said. “We understand each other. with the eyes. We will long be remembered as the Bermuda Triangle.”
Ancelotti sat next to that guy to joke after lifting the Super Cup. In recent weeks, he has been particularly attentive in giving love to the Brazilian, according to sources close to the player, who also emphasize the special nature of their relationship: “Ancelotti is one of Casemiro’s best friends in the dressing room,” they say. . – They talk a lot about football, tactical things. Thing He’s already a coach.”
The ties between them have been woven at different levels and in different scenarios. The coach’s wife, Mariann, and the soccer player’s wife, Anna Mariana, watch the games together in the Bernabéu box, which they share due to the distribution made by the club. For example, there have been floated the Brazilian’s disappointing times when he has played less.
Ancelotti understands this well. Somehow, he sees himself reflected in Casemiro, according to sources close to him. He sees the type of Brazilian footballer who has great efforts for the team and also quality. In his head, biology has a natural effect on him and the other two points of the triangle, but bringing about the transition is not part of his plan. His thoughts were already revealed on the day of the presentation, in June 2021, although then he referred to Bale, Isco and Marcelo: “There is a referee who is not me, who is the pitch.”
At the moment, both he and Casemiro have reduced the spice of the billionaire signing: “I haven’t asked him if the arrival of Tchouamen was a sting for him,” he said after the game against Brazilian side Eintracht. “The match was not complicated because he has followed the transitions of the attack very well. Tchouameni is going to learn a lot and develop a lot with Casemiro. And he agreed about the Frenchman: “He’s going to be an important player. I haven’t been stung.”
Those around him insist that his extraordinary form since returning from holiday has nothing to do with the fact that he has been spurred on by potential competition from the Frenchman and that the midfielder has been asking the government for a plan for years. B to its position. His improvement is more due to the fact that he has not played in the Copa América this summer, as he did previously when he lost the final against Argentina. Casemiro has been training as always before the pre-season at São José dos Campos in São Paulo with his coach and physio. As always, Ancelotti will start this season on the Bermuda Triangle route.
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