Luka Modrić played the full 90 minutes and Mateo Kovačić came on for the last 10 as Real Madrid came from behind to defeat Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich 2-1 in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal Wednesday night in Munich.
Bayern will now need a minimum of two goals in Madrid next week or it will be Real Madrid in the Champions League Final for a third straight year.
Modrić played well in the midfield and controlled tempo when he could but did not see much attacking prowess on the day. He did however put a perfect long ball to Ronaldo late in the second half, but it was ruled a handball before Ronaldo struck into the back of the net.
The return leg takes place Tuesday at 2:45PM (ET).
@ idemo
Since moving to Brugge, looks like Mitrovic is playing pretty regularly (expect for today heheh)
@LAknat
I definitely wouldn’t mind seeing Benkovic get some run with the senior squad too. Guy looks like a more athletic Simunic.
God Foot Simunovic is the best choice due to his extraordinary acceleration tackle!
isnt mitrovic buried on the bench
@Dannyj
Caleta-Car has been called up but he was a consistent starter for the U21s. I’m not confident that he’ll get the call up over Mitrovic. Maybe for the Euros if Corluka retires after this summer.
Is caleta-car ready to step up for us? Looks like he has played against nuff quality competition now
Salzburg lost though neither of the 2 goals were Caleta Car’s fault. The loss bodes well for a well rested Caleta Car for the big games coming up this year!!! That is, for his all important u-21 duties…eyes rolling.
@Idemo- Lol. It was Soul who loves Rog, I have made it clear that I am not a big fan…but I do hope Soul is right about him.
I am ecstatic about the rest Strinic is getting, in fact I wouldn’t mind if he rested the rest of 2018.
^^^^
U must be estatic about the rest Marko Rog is getting
I’m ok with Vrsaljko being sent off. I wanted our best RB (and best LB for that matter) to be well rested for this summer.
Modric gets fouled like 4 times a game in international games. Never do our opponents get carded accordingly.
Bravo Atleti.
lolz @arsenal
Simeone sent off as well :0
gosh ddaaarnit…damn thots…ill be gone boys
World Class Vrsaljko with 2 yellows in 10 minutes.
Go Gooners!
Vrsaljko out after 10 minutes already. He’s fuming.
@ Cigan
Great question?!
I’ll take both four years ago WITH the depth of this team AND a more exp experienced coaching situation.
Kovač wanted both of them to play like he did.
Kovač was a World Class CDM.
Modrić should never play D for Croatia.
Rakitic can track back on occasion but also needs freedom to go forward when the space opens up.
Good news both will be rested and want to bring it in 2018.
@ Zidane
Kovačić needs more minutes in return leg against Bayern.
Kroos was pedestrian.
Makes Casemiro and Modrić work double shift.
Real Crodrid is the way to go!
Definitely present. Because those guys didn’t do shit for us.
i have a question for you all. who would u rather have, modric and rakitic from 4 years ago or present?
lets go toronto fc
Lewandowski misses easy header(s), as Bayern fans wax nostalgic about the days they had one of the best aerial players on earth (Mandzukic)
HA! Awesome response.
Knew I was forgetting a big one.
Poor Valbuena..
damn FFF, hate those guys
Cuz French players are moody little twats.
Numerous talented players have had problems with the FFF.
Cantona, Ginola, Anelka, Ribery, etc..
@Anon yeah Ribery retired in 2014(still young) due to personal reasons…….that’s all I know. He used to be really good though.
random question boys…anyone know why Ribery doesnt play for France anymore?
He had 6 less goals than Suarez that year who played for Ajax and then Bilic tried making him a left back. Goes to show you how long we haven’t had a solid left back.
Horvat – good point. He was even 4th in scoring in the Dutch league when he was playing left wing with Heerenveen.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008–09_Eredivisie
Ivan Novac,
Pranjic was one of my favourite players when he played as a left winger. He was quick, good at taking on defenders and was very good at crossing the ball.
However, Bilic tried to make him a left back because who had noone else in that position at the time. He was horrible at defending and a major liability at the back.
My best friend here in North America is born here to Croatian immigrant parents, and is now trying to obtain dual citizenship. His Croatian speaking is somewhat good I guess….probably the equivalent of Kvartuc’s Croatian speaking. The consulate is giving him a hard time because his parents put the infamous “h” on the end of his last name. Do you guys think his parents failed him with the “h” on the end? He probably speaks better Croatian than most on this site though. For those of you who don’t speak a lick of Croatian, do you feel your parents failed you?
If Lovren plays in the next match, Roma indeed can come back and advance.
Don’t know why the Russians were celebrating and laughing about their World Cup draw. Uruguay will beat them and they will have their hands full with Egypt and Salah.
Not gonna click the link cause my poppa always told me to never take advice from a man with lips tattooed on his neck.
Everyone should watch this show because Luka Modric is gonna watch it! Lol
https://www.croatiaweek.com/first-croatian-football-reality-tv-show/ This article is for all you guys who were shitting on Pranjic all these years. See, he’s helping Croatia’s youth with this show to teach them all his skills and doing something positive with himself. Hopefully he doesn’t teach them too much though. Also a big bonus is that this article is in English which is a big bonus for some posters on this site.