UEFA puts Kroos and Modric ahead of Xavi and Iniesta in the Champions

Toni Kroos and Luka Modric were two of the big culprits that the Real Madrid won without difficulties to the Atalanta in the turn of the eighth of final of the Champions League. The whites happened to chambers after winning by 3-1 this Tuesday to the Italians and dream with going back to raise the League of Champions. The Croat and the German are two of the reasons by which the madridismo sees to options to his team to do with a new Glass of Europe.

Both midfield players are doing an exceptional season, enough above the half level of his mates. The Teutonic is playing as never and has turned into the axis of the group merengue, whereas the Balkan is living a second youth to his 35 years. In front of the ones of Bérgamo, the two dominated as they wanted to and showed why are two of the best means of the history.

In fact, his level is being so excelso that the own UEFA Champions League launched a debate in social networks on if they are the best duet of means in the history of the competition. There is not doubt that it is between the best, but to the UEFA forgot him remember that in the FC Barcelona played a Xavi Hernández and an Andrés Iniesta​, that dazzled to all Europe during quite a lot of years.

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The one of Terrassa and the one of Fuentealbilla conquered a total of four 'Orejonas' with the Barça (2006, 2009, 2011, 2015), forming an extraordinary couple in the centre of the field in all they. Between the 2009 and the 2015, in fact, went surely the best midfield players of the world and litigated with Leo Messi by a Balloon of Gold. A magic duet and irrepetible that without place to doubts deserves the calificativo that the UEFA gave him to the madridistas.

Kroos And Modric, by his part, also have won four Champions, although the germano won one of them with the Bayern of Munich, by what did not do couple with Luka. During the years that have been in the Madrid, both have been two of the best means of the planet, and in some occasion even have been able to be the best. In the case of the Croatian, besides, carried a Balloon of Gold in 2018 after winning his fourth Glass of Europe and remain runner-up in the World-wide with his selection.

Xavi and Iniesta have left a legated futbolístico greater

To level futbolístico, each one in his style, the four protagonists of this debate have marked a period to individual level. Like couple, also the two have achieved to leave footprint, although perhaps the duet barcelonista have arrived a step more far by the legacy that have left to level futbolístico. Nevertheless, everything are opinions and the only reality is that all they form part of the history of the Champions and of the football.