Modric: Is Real Madrid just lucky? It makes us laugh. After so many semi-finals and winning the LM, it can’t be a coincidence

Real Madrid is historically the most successful football club in the world, having won the hallowed Champions League the most times. The charm of the royal club is that even if it is not always the better team, it can manage the matches. So talk of luck is something Luka Modric just laughs at.

In total, Real Madrid have won 13 Champions League titles and are the only team to have defended the competition twice. It has also been in the top four the most times, even in the last two years, when it has had a weaker season and was not one of the favourites to win the title.

But that is the greatness of Real Madrid. Even if it is not always better than the opponent and considered the favourite, it can handle difficult matches and regularly sail through to the final stage in its competition. The Merengues have already put PSG and Chelsea out of the way, although they had to turn the score around in both games.

Voices have begun to be heard in Spain, especially from Catalonia, that Real Madrid are just lucky and that it is not about any of the DNA that Los Blancos pride themselves on. But the players are just laughing.

“Let them say what they want. To get to this point, to have played so many semi-finals and won the Champions League so many times, it’s not luck, it’s a bit unfair. It even makes us laugh. We focus on us and we don’t care what is said outside. To regularly get to this stage and beat tough opponents, you need something extra – quality, character and personality, it’s not just about luck,” Modric told a news conference.

At the same time, he also tried to encourage the fans to create a boisterous atmosphere at the Santiago Bernabéu. Real came away from Manchester with a 3-4 defeat and must turn the score around again.

“We have to enter the pitch with a lot of belief, with a lot of energy and aggression. We have to show that we are Real Madrid, the best club in the world. We have to bring all this on the pitch tomorrow and so do the fans, they also influence the game,” added the Croatian midfielder.

Source: UEFA