Croatian midfielder's player career will not be hampered by the ownership shift. Unexpected decision: Luka Modric has taken his first move into football ownership. Luka Modric, a Real Madrid legend, is set to become a new minority owner of Swansea City. The Croatian, who turns 40 in September, is acquiring a non-controlling interest in the Welsh club. Modric's stake purchase will have no impact on his playing career, as he will continue to play for Real Madrid. He is out of contract with Loc Blancos this summer, but he wants to retire with Real and may extend his stay at the Bernabeu for another year if an agreement can be reached. It comes as a surprise that he has opted to buy a minority share in Swansea, who are currently 12th in the Championship. The move shows Modric, the 2018 Ballon d'Or winner, is setting the groundwork for his post-playing career. Swansea's eight-year ownership by Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan ended in November when they sold their co...
With Igor Tudor seeking for his first consecutive win as manager and Claudio Ranieri looking to continue his recent hot streak, neither side was able to hit a fatal blow at full time.
Given the stakes, it was unsurprising that the two titans took their time getting going in the Italian city tonight.
Neither Roma nor Juventus were willing to give up any huge moments in the early going, but the game came alive at Stadio Olimpico within 30 minutes as both teams began to turn the screw with opposing dynamics.
First, despite Juve having close to 80% of the ball and managing a sprinkling of chances, Roma appeared more likely to score, with Pierre Kalulu doing an incredible job to race back and block Bryan Cristante's shot that looked certain to cross the line.
Juve denied Angeliño's volley attempt, raising concerns.
First, despite Juve having close to 80% of the ball and managing a sprinkling of chances, Roma appeared more likely to score, with Pierre Kalulu doing an incredible job to race back and block Bryan Cristante's shot that looked certain to cross the line.
Juve denied Angeliño's volley attempt, raising concerns.
Juve would rush back up the other end after Timothy Weah found Nicolás González, but Mile Svilar's finger-tip save denied the Argentine's goal-bound header.
Cristante would be involved again ten minutes later, this time with a lovely cross that nearly found Stephan El Shaarawy, but the Savona-born forward's header struck the post and bounced clear.
Igor Tudor's side ultimately broke the deadlock in the 40th minute, when Manuel Locatelli beat Svilar from range on the volley after Mats Hummels' attempted clear could only drop in the direction of the former Sassuolo man, who finally broke his goalscoring drought for the season.
Roma was not denied an equaliser for long, either, as replacement Eldor Shomurodov scored the rebound from Evan Ndicka's initial header four minutes after the restart.
After Shomurodov's goal, the Giallorossi were reenergized and made two changes in the 61st minute, replacing El Shaarawy and Cristante with Lucas Gourna-Douath and Leandro Paredes, respectively.
Tudor responded with a major triple change of his own in the 68th minute, introducing Randal Kolo Muani, Teun Koopmeiners, and Andrea Cambiaso.
Both managers reshuffled the deck as the final 15 minutes approached, but despite late efforts to produce a match-winner, it was a point-a-piece in Rome, bringing Juve level on points with Bologna in fourth, who face Napoli tomorrow.
Unfortunately, Roma's winning streak has come to an end, as they now trail capital rival Lazio by two points following their earlier victory against Atalanta.
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