#3 The tables have turned in the midfield talent
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Real Madrid have an enormous amount of midfield depth with Toni Kroos, Luka Modric, Casemiro, Mateo Kovacic, Isco, and more. Barcelona have Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets who are both world class players, however their other midfield players include Denis Suarez, Andre Gomes and Rafinha, who have yet to establish themselves.
The Blaugrana have always been renown for having an incredible midfield that could run games, but they now have a real lack of depth and quality in midfield. They have struggled to replace Xavi and it was arguably a poor decision to allow Cesc Fabregas to go to Chelsea when he could have flourished in a midfield role for the Catalans.
Now, Real are becoming the side who are able to control the midfield against teams and have a huge amount of depth for when any of their midfielders get injured. On the other hand, if Barcelona were to lose Busquets and Iniesta to injury, they would struggle to find replacements.
Finally, Real Madrid’s midfield dominance in the Champions League final against a team who Barcelona failed to make any sort of impact against in midfield perfectly illustrates how far ahead Madrid are in midfield.
