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PETE JENSON: Luka Modric is the ‘dad’ of the dressing room, has taken Real Madrid’s emerging talents under his wing and the 36-year-old’s sublime display against Chelsea shows why he can’t be rotated… he IS Real Madrid’s greatest-ever midfielder
- Luka Modric showed no signs of easing up after another masterful performance
- The 36-year-old was at his ever-best to help Real dump Chelsea out of Europe
- His sublime assist for Rodrygo has been labelled as ‘the pass of the decade’
- And there have also been calls for him to have a statue outside the Bernabeu
- He has cemented himself in the club’s history as their greatest-ever midfielder
On a night when Karim Benzema got the winner, Thibaut Courtois kept them in it, and substitutes Rodrygo Goes and Eduardo Camavinga made the difference late on, it says everything about Luka Modric’s status at Real Madrid that he was their man of the match and that he was the player whose name was being sung by supporters after the final whistle.
‘Give him a statue already!’ read one headline in Marca. If Madrid win the tournament he will have five Champions League winner’s medals. Even if they don’t, the man who is pretty much on a ‘stay as long as you want’ rolling one-year contract these days, has already cemented himself in the club’s history as their greatest ever midfielder.
He’s the ‘dad’ of the dressing room. On Father’s Day this year the young Brazilian forward Rodrygo even tweeted ‘Happy Father’s Day’ alongside a picture of him embracing Modric.
Luka Modric showed no signs of slowing down as Real Madrid dumped Chelsea out of Europe
Modric seemed to show more energy than most of the other players on the pitch in extra-time
The 36-year-old Croatia midfielder calls…
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Source : dailymail
