The old age is getting stronger! 39-year-old Modric beat De Bruyne Reindez in statistics, and Milan earns it

This summer window, AC Milan exempted from signing 39-year-old Golden Baller Mr. Modric from Real Madrid. Many people are not optimistic about the signing of the Reds and Blacks. Some fans even believe that the Croatians are here to support their elderly care. However, judging from the many statistics of the Magic Flute 24/25 season, he completely defeated Reindez who left the team and De Bruyne who had just entered Serie A. After cashing out Reindez, AC Milan exempted Modric, one of the three midfielders at the Real Madrid ceremony, at the suggestion of Tare and Allegri. The reason why he is called the ceremony midfielder is because he has won too many honors and attended awards ceremony. The Croatian debuted in Dynamo Zagreb, where he won six titles in two years.

23 Real Madrid career has even started Modric's championship harvester mode. He has helped the Galaxy battleships win 28 important honors, with an average of more than 2 events per season. It includes 5 Champions League championships, 4 Club World Cup championships, 4 European Super Cup championships, 3 La Liga titles, 2 King's Cup championships, and 5 Spanish Super Cup championships. It also won the 2018 Golden Globe Award at the individual level.

Milan's free signing of Modric has been mixed. Some people think he is here to support his elderly care, while others think the team has found a treasure. In fact, if you analyze the various data of the Magic Flute 24/25 season, you can find that he is still the key player in Real Madrid. In addition to the control of playing time, there is no sign of a decline in competitive state.

In the 24/25 season, Modric ranked fourth in accurate passes per 90 minutes, first in accurate long passes, fourth in expected assists, and second in number of opportunities created. Despite his age, he is still a rhythm master who can perfectly control the field, which is a great addition to Allegri, who focuses on defense against the enemy and Leo, who is a counterattack weapon.

The match against Vallecano in March 2025 is very valuable for reference. Modric played the whole game and showed excellent form. He successfully passed 69 times and 62 times, found his teammates 11 long passes and 10 times, sent 4 key passes, won 1 assist, won 9 times in 13 confrontations, and regained the ball 5 times. The 39-year-old Magic Flute is still the hexagon fighter.

Compared with all midfielders in the five major leagues, Modric's progressive dribbling ability is in the 94th percentile, forward passes are in the 99th percentile, forward passes are in the 98th percentile, key passes are in the 90th percentile, and progressive passes are in the 97th percentile. Even if the statistics are expanded to the "Seven Major Leagues" in Europe (including the A and Eredivisie), Magic Flute is still the only midfielder with progressive dribbling, key passes and forward pass accuracy in all three statistics.

Single, Modric, 39, can still win a complete victory compared to 34-year-old De Bruyne and 27-year-old Reindez. In the 24/25 season, Magic Die was better than Ding Ding in terms of physical confrontation, defensive movements, progressive dribbling, forward pass count, forward pass ratio and progressive pass count, only slightly behind by 4.5 percentage points per 90 minutes of key passes.

Modric and Reindez are even more suspenseful. His seven midfield core abilities are better than those of the opponent, and he is generally "encircled". Of course, the two have different styles. Magic Flute is more in organizational and scheduling, while Reindes is better at rushing against opponents' defense without the ball, so these data cannot fully reflect the ability gap between the two.

Perhaps some people would say that Modric is a system player and cannot play with him after leaving Kroos, especially after joining Milan, so his data in the national team is also of reference value. In the 2022 World Cup against the dark horse of Morocco, Modric's long pass accuracy reached an astonishing 100%, dribbling success rate was 100%, passing accuracy rate was 93%, touched the ball 83 times, and won 6 ball rights.

In the 2024 European League second round against Poland, the 38-year-old Modric scored the winning goal. He completed 136 touches, 105 passes and 99 found his teammates, with an accuracy rate of 94%, 4 attempts and 3 successes, 22 passes into the offensive zone three, creating 5 key opportunities, contributing 6 steals, and winning 10 times in 15 physical confrontations.

In the same year's match against Scotland, Modric passed the ball into the third zone 11 times, won 8 times in 9 confrontations, and succeeded in 6 long passes, contributed 6 interceptions, and succeeded in 4 dribblings, and created 3 excellent opportunities. It can be said that he is by no means a system player, but a person who truly creates the system. For Milan, the 39-year-old Magic Flute fuel tank is definitely enough. This time, I'm afraid it's time to rely on the elderly again. Qin Shihuang touched the electric door - win the mahjong.