Luka Modric’s stage in Actual Madrid got here to the top of July 9 when the PSG eradicated them within the semifinals of the Membership World Cup. The Metlife Stadium in New Jersey witnessed the final Croatian sport with a white shirt that has defended for 13 seasons.
The winner of the Golden Ball in 2018 would have appreciated to say goodbye another way on the sports activities stage, however the disappointment of the batacazo in america doesn’t erase all the things he has achieved with a Actual Madrid during which he has raised as much as 28 titles.
Modric had his time to say goodbye to Santiago Bernabéu and can quickly set as much as Milan to face a brand new problem in his profession. Expertise and magic are all the time going to accompany a participant who needed to say goodbye to Madrid by means of an interview with the official membership channel.
Temper
It’s troublesome to say, however they’re feelings discovered. An unforgettable, wonderful and profitable stage has completed. What I’ve lived provides me extra pleasure. Remembering all the things I’ve achieved right here is to be very blissful, even when it ends. In Actual Madrid I’ve grown as a participant and as an individual.
Actual Madrid has given me all the things footballing and that’s the reason I’ll be glad about a lifetime. I’ll all the time be a Madrid.
An emotional farewell
It has been an extended, however unforgettable journey. I’ve grown quite a bit as a participant and as an individual. I’ve one other home exterior my home, as a result of Madrid and Spain are like my second dwelling.
I’m very blissful and positive that over time I will probably be much more conscious of what I’ve achieved, as a result of I’ll want a while so as to add all of the feelings and all the things I’ve achieved right here.
Modric, maintained by her Actual Madrid companions
EFE
Legend numbers
Listening to my numbers makes me blissful and happy with what I’ve achieved right here. Being the participant who has received probably the most titles in the very best membership in soccer historical past is one thing spectacular. Nevertheless it’s not simply that. There are additionally different issues, equivalent to individuals’s love.
I all the time stick with that as a result of it’s one thing that no person can take it out. You’ll be able to’t idiot individuals and so they will not love you simply since you play in Actual Madrid, however that love they’ve given me is spectacular. I by no means imagined it.
Importance of Florentino Pérez
The president has been very important to me, first because he brought me here. Since that moment he has always shown me a special affection, he has always treated me very well. Now I can say it: it has treated me differently, I had a very special affection.
And I think he has shown it in my last game, because I had never seen the president cry. When I have seen the images, there you realize that this person really loves you. I will be eternally grateful for everything he has done for me and my family.
The best moment
It is difficult to choose a moment among so many precious moments that I have lived here, but I always stand out and I want to remember the tenth, because there we can say that everything began. The domain of the last 12 or 13 years began, which has been incredible, winning six Champions in 10 years.
I always mention the tenth because it was impressive, and the way we won it perfectly defines what Real Madrid is: never surrender and believe until the end. We have done it and in that game we demonstrate it. I will also remember the celebration in Cibeles.
It was something very nice and unforgettable for Real Madrid, because number 10 is special. For me it is also a special number. When I remember that celebration I always get a smile.
Luka Modric, the man who made Florentino Pérez cry the day he said goodbye to Real Madrid 🥺
“Do not cry because it ended, smile because it happened. Hala Madrid and nothing more”
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How do you want to be remembered
I have never thought about how I would like to remind me. As they want. To me, as a good person, first. And as a player who has always given everything, who has respected everyone, the rivals, the companions and the fans; as a player who has always given everything for Real Madrid.