Luka Modrić came off the bench in the 86th minute Saturday night in London as Real Madrid defeated Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the Champions League Final. 12 seasons in Madrid for Modrić. 6 European titles. Absolutely insane!
Modrić is now tied atop the Real Madrid pyramid as the most decorated Real Madrid player in history (with Nacho). All things currently point to Modrić staying with the club in a secondary role next season to collect more silverware. Looks like Modrić is chasing history and not cash. Good for him.
4 minutes ?
I thought that was unfair!
Modric should of been subbed in for
2nd half.
King luka gonna come to play. He will be hungry and fresh. It’s closest thing to Croatia hosting the cup
How has livakovic season been as a whole??
Right on , Dannyj. It will be full out Croatia checkers in Germany.
Madrid needed Modrić badly in the first half. Nothing clicking in the link up play.
And before Carbajal header they desperately needed him to come in.
Modrić will be fresh physically and hungry to compete with Croatia in Germany.
Back in the day Ancelotti used to over play Modrić and burn out his legs.
Now we have Luka ready to once again give his best for Croatia.
Modrić will get all the veteran minutes next year with Kroos retiring.
Euro trophy?!
7 – CL trophies ?!
Another La Liga ?!
Nothing but being a champion.
Would have been nicer if Modric got a few extra minutes on the pitch. I thought that Real was a bit lucky in the first half and could have been down a goal or two.
Good result for Dinamo, meaning that they will now go directly into the CL play off next season. They are guaranteed a spot in the Europa league and 15 million if they happen to lose? If they can win the CL play-off match, they will earn upwards of 30 million for playing in the new revamped CL. Had Borussia Dortmund won Dinamo would have had to start their CL qualifying in round 2 and having to eliminate three clubs to make it to the new CL.
Rudiger almost tore Modric’s ACL when lifting him up (look at his hands and all the leverage/pressure on Modric’s knee – Modric saying “My knee ! my knee !”)
Close call
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Are you kidding me? Luka will come to Euros ready for blood . Look at his life. Always the underdog . Epitome of us . Croatian spirit is always to show others that they have wronged us and we do that very well. Luka will be fired up and ready to make damage in Germany. I understand that Croatia is planning big numbers in Germany and will dominate the stadiums in our games. Talk trash about us, undermine us as a nation, give us no chance and the guns come out. Fire away boys.
Sad to see Carlos rank modric so low as to not even play him. Just a courtesy sub with the game in hand with four minutes to go whereas other old timers like kroos and caraval still star
I could tell modric wasnt truly happy with the win as a result. I worry it can do more to lower his spirits than raise them and give him a testosterone drop right before euros reducing his endurance, aggression and strength
I don’t believe it will reduce his will to win in the Euros but it’s a definite slap in the face.
If anything, I believe this will ignite the fire within.
No, I think they left Kroos on longer just because it was his final game. Nothing to do with Modric’s ranking on the team. I thought he would come on much sooner, but that’s how this game works sometimes. If they didn’t score the first goal, Luka would have come on to change things up much earlier.
Hoping for Modric to go down as the most decorated RM player of all time (with Nacho ofc)
Modric is such a legend..
It’s amazing his achievement’s and how he conducts himself. What a class act.
I hope he takes another CL
Nothing but respect for Modric all over the world.
Livakovic playing 4 Mourinho, OMG
Amazing, no matter how it works out!