Luka Modric makes surprise pick with former Barcelona star in his 5-a-side team

Mar 17, 2023

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Luka Modric, Real Madrid’s star midfielder and maestro and the captain of Croatia, named his 5-a-side team. The veteran Los Blancos maestro made one surprising pick in his 5-a-side team, which is dominated by Real Madrid players. The team comprises players he played alongside during his tenure with Real Madrid and Croatia.

The 2018 Ballon d’Or winner picked his former Real Madrid teammate and skipper Sergio Ramos, who now plays for French club Paris Saint Germain (PSG). Modric also picked his long-standing midfield partner Toni Kroos.

The Croatia captain picked former Wales player, Gareth Bale in his team as well. Modric played with the Welshman during his tenure with Tottenham until 2012 before teaming up with him again in 2013 with the Spanish giants. Bale parted ways with Real Madrid last season to join MLS club Los Angeles FC in the United States (US). He also retired from the sport earlier in the season and is now active in golf.

The Portuguese starlet Cristiano Ronaldo makes the cut as the striker. Modric and Ronaldo played together for six years before Ronaldo left for Juventus in 2018. Ronaldo returned to his former club Manchester United in 2021. He left the English club before the 2022 FIFA World Cup and joined Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia in December.

Modric, after picking four Real Madrid players, former or current, made one surprising pick. It is the former Barcelona and Croatia midfielder, Ivan Rakitic. Rakitic played for Barcelona from 2014 to 2020 and for Croatia from 2007 to 2019. He currently plays for Sevilla in the La Liga. Rakitic and Modric played together in the successful Croatia team that made the FIFA World Cup final in 2018 in Russia.

“Ramos, Cristiano, Kroos, Bale and I would say Rakitic because I can’t have all Real Madrid, but of course Casemiro and [Karim] Benzema too,” said Modric, who was quoted as saying by Madrid Xtra.

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