Sergio Ramos’ late goal in Real Madrid’s UCL final victory over Atletico Madrid in 2014 might’ve changed the history of European football, according to midfielder, Luka Modric.
It was the Spanish club’s 10th European Cup and their first in 12 years after several near misses.
Real Madrid has added 3 more UCL trophies since that time, but Modric doubts whether it would’ve happened that way if Ramos did not do what he did 5 years ago.
His words, “It’s difficult to make such judgements. I don’t know,”
“It may be the case that this goal changed the history of European football. Real Madrid had already won a lot of trophies, but they hadn’t lifted the Champions League trophy for 12 years.
“This goal changed something, the mentality changed. From that moment we started to be very strong in Europe and teams were afraid of us again. That shows how important mentality is in football.
“People had spent 12 years talking about La Decima and it became a mental thing. [Jose] Mourinho went to three semi-finals and it was hard to overcome this mental barrier.
“When we reached the final and to win it with that goal, it still gives me goosebumps, we showed such strong character and never gave up.”
On winning the Ballon dOr, “That was a recognition of my entire career, but a very special year in particular,”
“I was lucky enough to win the Champions League again, which isn’t easy, and I also reached the World Cup final with a country like Croatia, which for us is something that words just can’t describe.
“I don’t like to talk about myself, but I think that, in the individual sense, I played a very good season and the footballing people have recognised that. It’s no coincidence when so many people vote for you.”
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