Murad Al-Masry (Abu Dhabi)
Real Madrid’s victory in the Spanish League for the 36th time contributed to giving the “duo”, the Spanish Nacho and the Croatian Luka Modric, the possibility of advancing in the record book for the players with the most titles in the history of the “Merengue”, after they equaled the Frenchman Karim Benzema and the Brazilian Marcelo with 25 titles.
Paco Gento was at the top of the list of Real Madrid players with the most titles with the capital team, winning 23 titles during his career with the Blancos, which extended from 1953 to 1971, but that changed in recent years, as Marcelo lifted his 25th title as captain of Real Madrid. Madrid in 2022, before Benzema did the same thing, before his departure in the “summer of 2023”.
Now, there are two other players who have won 25 titles at Real Madrid, as Nacho and Luka Modric helped coach Carlo Ancelotti’s team win the “La Liga” title 4 rounds before the end of the season, and they are the ones who won the Super Cup last January, and they hope to end the season by raising Another title, their 26th with the club, if they can reach the Champions League final at Wembley and win the title again.
The “Champions” title is the sixth for the two players, and it is interesting that they previously won 4 Spanish League championships, 2 King’s Cup titles, 5 Spanish Super Cups, 5 Champions League titles, 5 Club World Cups, and 4 European Super Cups.
Although their path to Real Madrid’s first team was completely different, as Nacho rose from the academy, while Modric came in a transfer from English club Tottenham in 2012, under the leadership of Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho.
Over the course of the current league season, Nacho played 25 matches, and contributed to Ancelotti’s team having the best defense, by conceding 22 goals in 34 rounds.
Modric participated in 29 matches, scored two goals, and provided 5 assists, in addition to providing the necessary support from the bench in important moments, and this helped Real Madrid become Spanish champions again.
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