It must be fun being Inter Milan fan during the World Cup and watching your favourite players demonstrating all the highs and lows of genuine football players.On one end, there are Nerrazurri strikers Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez, whose atrocious performances have caused an avalanche of mockery among fans around the world. The Belgian forward missed three or four sitters against Croatia in the decisive group-stage game, while the Argentinian keeps agonizing both Messi and the entire nation with his unbelievably sad finishing. No wonder Inter sit in the fifth place of the Serie A table, 11 points adrift of the table-toppers Napoli, with both of their top strikers in such lousy form, one would say.Lukaku ends the Belgian Golden Generation and sends Croatia to the knockout stageHowever, on the other end, Simone Inzaghi can be more than happy and proud of his two mesmerizing midfielders, Denzel Dumfries and Marcelo Brozovic. The former scored one and added an assist, also making a goal-line clearance in a 3-1 win against the USA in the Round of 16. Still, unlike the Dutch full-back, whose recent performance brought him under the spotlight, Brozovic keeps putting his superhero costume on rather silently.Marcelo Brozovic has covered more ground in against Japan than any player in a World Cup match since records began, beating his own record from 2018:🥇 Marcelo Brozovic – 16.7km vs. Japan 2022🥈 Marcelo Brozovic – 16.3km vs. England 2018Workhorse. 🇭🇷 pic.twitter.com/eT5yboiwML— Statman Dave (@StatmanDave) December 5, 2022 The 30-year-old defensive midfielder is one of those players who can influence the game massively but do it in such a way that a genuine football fan can hardly notice. Along with Chelsea’s Mateo Kovacic, he does all the ‘dirty work’ for Luka Modric and the attacking line. Just have a look at his stats, the number of tackles, clearances, and duels won – and you’ll be amazed by what sort of fantastic job Brozovic is actually doing game after game. And there’s more, and here’s the cherry on top of everything.Brozovic broke the World Cup record today running 16.7KM … the holder before this was Brozovic who ran 16.4km vs England back in 2018. UNSUNG HERO 🇭🇷 pic.twitter.com/bHtGfquxfC— BrozoBestCdm (@Brozoholic77) December 5, 2022 According to the latest stats, in their Round of 16 dramatic victory against Japan, he broke the World Cup record, running 16,7 kilometres! That was 300 hundred metres better than the previous record held by – the very same Brozovic against England in the 2018 World Cup semifinal.The Roadrunner itself.##NAJAVA_MECA_6865806##As if it was not enough, Brozovic even netted from the spot in the penalty shootout, thus helping his side to grab a dramatic win against the stubborn underdogs.Needless to say, his qualities will be essential and crucial in Croatia’s attempt to reach the semifinal once again, only this time over Brazil. This could be Brozovic’s greatest challenge ever, and he’ll definitely run for it.
