A remarkable statistic, highlighting the excellence of Real Madrid veteran Luka Modrić, has this weekend come to the fore online.
As much comes owing to Modrić’s exploits in Real’s latest outing.
Los Blancos were of course back in action on Saturday night, making the trip to Catalunya for a La Liga meeting with Girona.
When all was said and done, Carlo Ancelotti’s troops emerged dominant victors by three goals to nil, owing to strikes on the part of all of Jude Bellingham, Arda Güler, and Kylian Mbappé.
It was the aforementioned Modrić, though, who ran proceedings from his berth in the middle of the park over the course of the 90 minutes.
Rolling back the years, the Croatian international conjured up nothing short of a midfield masterclass at the Estadi Montilivi.
So much so that Modrić secured for himself a new La Liga season benchmark…
As revealed by statisticians Sofascore, the 39-year-old is the first midfielder in Spain’s top-flight this season to complete over 100 passes in a single fixture:
Conor Laird – GSFN