#3 Provide Toni Kroos with the space to dictate the tempo of the game
“I really like Toni Kroos. When I neared the end of my career, I followed him closely and tried to play like Kroos," Paul Scholes told kicker. "I was a midfielder with an eye for the goal, but Kroos is one of the best midfield masterminds in the world.
When someone like a Paul Scholes, after achieving the things he did in his career says that about you, you seriously must be good. The German is perfect for big games, never flustered and brilliant on the ball.
But with the three in midfield, and Casimiro in midfield, the German tends to move towards the left back, which leaves only one side for him to pass the ball. Zinedine Zidane needs to make sure that his number 8 gets on the ball as centrally as possible, so as to dictate the tempo of the game.
Plus, he will have a point to prove on his return to the Allianz.