Terrible news for Real Madrid and Kroos in their first match without Casemiro

Day 1 at Real Madrid without Casemiro and without the Casemiro-Modric-Kroos combination in the midfield. The legendary trident is now history for Real Madrid, who, starting today in Vigo against Celta, will continue their journey without the Brazilian. And day 1 also for Tchouaméni, who from today has a free hand to take on the difficult mission of filling the gap left by the Brazilian.

With the departure of Casemiro to Manchester United, Real Madrid sees the breakup of what is possibly the most decisive line of midfielders in its history. Modric (36) was not the first to leave the club, as the laws of time and nature would seem to indicate. Nor Kroos (32). Casemiro, the youngest of the three (30), is leaving.

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Casemiro's farewell marks the end of an era at Madrid, a long period of success that started in the first months of 2016, when Zinedine Zidane finally gave 'Case' entry into Madrid's regular eleven to serve as an anchor to the periscopic distribution of Kroos and the magic lantern of Modric.

Zidane's invention had as its first great fruit the conquest of the Champions League in Milan and the incredible prolongation of two more Champions League titles in a row, always with the trident of white midfielders on the pitch. A sequence that continued four years later, in the 21-22 season, when Casemiro, Kroos and Modric formed the backbone of the Madrid team to defeat Liverpool in the final in Paris. A fitting epilogue to their legend.

Kroos will not be absent in Vigo due to illness

Madrid's midfield will be missing two important players in Vigo: Casemiro and Kroos, who is staying in Madrid due to flu. Rodrygo will also not recover in time and will be out again. Ancelotti does recover Carvajal.