In the current European football world, there are many familiar and favorite midfield combinations, such as the 618 combination of Manchester United B Fee and Pogba, the Champions League championship midfielder composed of Chelsea Kante, Jorginho and Kovacic, and the amazing dominance of Manchester City represented by De Bruyne, Gundogan and B seats, however, the most well-known and successful active midfield combination is undoubtedly the ceremonial midfield of Real Madrid. The so-called ceremonial midfield, as the name suggests, is a combination of midfielders who often appear at major championship ceremonies, these three people are Kroos, Modric and Casemiro, the three of them have worked together to help Real Madrid win three Champions League titles, two La Liga champions, and countless other large and small champions, worthy of the name of the ceremony midfield. However, even if everyone admits that they are the first midfield trio in active service, there is always much debate about their historical status, and in the eyes of many, the ceremonial midfield is strong, but it is still slightly inferior when compared to the Habaibu combination, which is also from La Liga. Is this really the case? Let's make a detailed comparison of the two sides.
In Spain's domestic competitions, Habaib's dominance is significantly stronger than that of the ceremonial midfielder
The Habeb duo, the main midfielder of Barca's Dream III, consists of Xavi, Iniesta and Busquets, who have worked together since 2008 and the oldest, Xavi, left Barca in 2015 for a total of seven years, during which time they won five La Liga titles, three Copa del Rey titles and four Spanish Super Cups in Spain on behalf of Barcelona. In contrast, the ceremonial midfield was formed after Casemiro returned to Real Madrid at the end of his Loan Spelliro period at the end of his loan spell at The Carport in the summer of 2015, and since then, the trio has won two La Liga titles and three Spanish Super Cups in Spain on behalf of the White Army, which is already a fairly good result, but dwarfed by the honours achieved by Habeb.
In fact, in the heyday of Habeb, their pass control play in Spain is basically difficult to meet the opponent, the encounter with the middle and lower reaches of the team is basically a complete abuse, the big score to win is just a common thing, because their opponents are difficult to touch the ball in the whole game, even if they meet Jose Mourinho's peak Real Madrid, Barcelona also has the advantage most of the time, only by the White Army snatched from their hands once La Liga title and a Copa del Rey title, in addition, Atletico Madrid also had league titles and Copa del Rey titles during the Dream III period, which was a rare glory of the Madrid duo during that time. As for the ceremonial midfielders, although they have killed in Europe, in Spain, they still lack some dominance, not only in the league level the competition is suppressed by Barcelona led by Messi, so many years of cooperation, and even never touched the Copa del Rey championship, they are difficult to compare with the super stable Habeb in this regard.
Habaib has won a lot of games in Europe, and the ceremony midfield is more dependent on the peak C Luo
During Habeb's time as the main midfielder, Barcelona won a total of three Champions League trophies, from the 2008/09 season, 2010/11, 2014/15 season, although they did not achieve the miracle of defending the Champions League or even three consecutive titles like the ceremonial midfielder, they also fully swept Europe during this time, for example, they achieved a staggering six-crown achievement in 2008/09, and completed the treble again in 2014/15. And at other times when they haven't been able to reach the top of the podium, they can also be in the top four position for a long time, and they are opponents that no other opponent would ever want to meet. And the ceremonial midfielder who also won three Champions League titles, although relying on the great feats of the Champions League three consecutive times is quite respected, but these three championships actually rely more on Ronaldo in peak condition, they are more of an auxiliary role, for example, in the 2018/19 season after the departure of C Ronaldo, in the case of little overall personnel changes, Real Madrid is finally only the top sixteen, ending a multi-year trip to the final four, 2019/20 season, despite the return of the meritorious manager Zidane, they also stopped in the top sixteen, compared with it After Xavi retired from Barcelona in the summer of 2015 and the Habeb group became a legend, Barca, who still owns Messi, has never won the Champions League again, and even reached the final of the Champions League. Such a stark contrast allows us to basically assert that compared to the decisive role played by Habeb during Barca's sweep through Europe, the role played by the ceremonial midfielder in the process of the Champions League's three consecutive champions leagues is definitely not as big as Ronaldo' big, and the two are higher and lower.
Compared with the national team's separate ceremonial midfielders, Habaibu's national team's achievements are shocking
Unlike the three people in the ceremony midfield, habaib all three have Spanish nationality and play for the Spanish national team, although the 2008 Euro 2008 Spain victory and Busquets have little to do with it, but he still made a lot of efforts in the process of winning the World Cup in 2010 and winning the 2012 European Championship, in other words, the Spanish national team, which also used Habaibu as the main midfielder, also had a strong dominance and lethality in the world football at that time. Compared with the three consecutive Champions League matches, the national team competition can be said to be more than enough. And the three in the ceremony midfield, Casemiro from Brazil, Modric from Croatia, and Kroos belong to Germany, although all three of them have brilliant performances and honors in the national team, such as Casemiro has the Copa America, Kroos is a member of the German World Cup, Modric has led Croatia to the World Cup final, but they are still a little weak compared to the honor of Habeb. Therefore, a big reason why the ceremonial midfielders cannot be compared with Habaibu in terms of historical status is that they cannot complete the integration at the national team level, so they cannot be compared with Habaibu, who has the same grand slam honor as the national team, and the historical status is naturally very different, which is a congenital deficiency and is difficult to make up.
Habaib' combined strength and individual strength are stronger than the ceremonial midfielder
As the subtitle suggests, let's start by comparing the collective strength of the two midfield combinations. Because Xavi bid farewell to Camp Nou in the summer of 2015 and Casemuro returned to the Bernabeu, it is a pity that the two midfield combinations did not have a direct match on the pitch. However, considering that during the dream three, Habeb's Barcelona can win many big victories over Real Madrid, such as the most famous Pique Five Finger Mountain, and the ceremonial midfield against Barcelona without Xavi or even Habai, only in these two years to show a clear advantage, and lack of crushing victories similar to 3-0, 5-0, the Habeb combination's dominance is stronger than the ceremonial midfield, almost conclusive. As for personal strength, Xavi and Iniesta, both of them are world-renowned midfield masters, ranking in the top three of the Ballon d'Or many times, while Modric and Kroos, although Modric once won the Ballon d'Or, Andros was also among the top ten of the Ballon d'Or, but this cannot be compared with the Habai and White, after all, the Ballon d'Or ranking is a hard indicator of the strength and status of players that year, and it is still very convincing. As for the battle between Busquets and Casemiro, it is obvious that Busquets is better, because Busquets' single-back career in Barca for more than a decade has been affirmed, and Casemiro has not yet proved his personal ability after leaving the Magic Flute and Kroos, so Busquets is obviously stronger in this regard.
Habaibu has won in history, and there are still opportunities at the club level in the ceremony midfield
From the above comparisons, we can already conclude that Habaibu is stronger than the ceremonial midfielder, especially at the national team level, Habaibu can completely suppress the ceremonial midfield. However, at the club level, considering that Modric will renew his contract with Real Madrid for a year, if he wins two La Liga titles in the next season with Casemiro and Kroos, and at least one Champions League title, then their historical status at the club level may be further improved, and then who is strong and who is weak is a real opinion.