Luka Modric will play his final game for Real Madrid as the legendary midfielder calls time on his career at the Santiago Bernabéu.
He is starting in the final game of the La Liga season against Real Sociedad at Madrid’s home.
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The match begins at 7:45 PM IST and will be played at Real Madrid’s iconic stadium Santiago Bernabéu.
Real Madrid starting XI: Lunin, Vazquez, Asencio, Tchouameni, Fran Garcia, Ceballos, Valverde, Modric, Guler, Brahim, Mbappe.
Real Sociedad starting XI: Remiro, Aramburu, Zubeldia, Muñoz, Zubimendi, Brais, Marin, Kubo, Barrenetxea, Oyarzabal.
Titles after titles
The 39-year-old Croatian is Real Madrid most decorated player in the club’s history and will leave Los Blancos after 13 trophy-laden years.
He will still turn out for Real Madrid in the Club World Cup, scheduled for June 15-July 15 in the United States, before parting ways. The midfielder has not yet indicated what’s next for him.
Modric arrived at Madrid in 2012 from English side Tottenham Hotspur and was instrumental in bringing trophy-filled success for the club.
In 13 seasons, Modric helped the club win 28 titles: Six European Cups, six Club World Cups, five European Super Cups, four Spanish leagues, two Copas del Rey and five Spanish Super Cups.
Modric turned racked up 590 appearances for Real Madrid, which puts him eighth on the club’s all-time appearances list, and has 43 goals to his name. He is also one of five players to have six UEFA Champions League titles, the premium club competition for teams in Europe.
Croatian stalwart
He also has individual accolades to boast of.
The diminutive midfielder has one Ballon d’Or to his name, which he won in 2018, and has also been named FIFA’s best men’s player and UEFA’s men’s player of the year.
He also has bagged the best midfielder of the season in the Champions League on two occassions.
He represented his country on 186 occasions, which is a record for Croatia and also won the Golden Ball at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, where he led his unfancied national team to the final of the tournament against France, who won the title.
He followed that up by leading Croatia to a third-place finish in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and he won the Bronze Ball at that edition.