Modric’s beautiful pass will always be remembered

DBasia.news – The appearance of Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modric, against Chelsea in the second leg of the 2021-2022 Champions League quarter-finals got a lot of praise. Moreover, the Croatian player released a beautiful pass for El Real’s first goal.

Madrid had been made difficult by Chelsea. The Blues scored three goals which were created by Mason Mount (15′), Antonio Rudiger (51′) and Timo Werner (75′). At that time, Chelsea so turned winning 4-3 aggregate.

However, finally Los Blancos’ efforts to score met the expected results in the 80th minute. Rodrygo struck Modric’s accurate pass. After that, in extra time, Madrid scored again through Karim Benzema so that they were entitled to advance to the semifinals thanks to a 5-4 aggregate lead.

Former Manchester United player, Rio Ferdinand, who watched the match gave a thumbs up to Luka Modric. He was impressed with how Modric’s ability to pass. Despite the guard, Modric curled a pass with great accuracy.

“Modric’s pass today was the reason I lost my voice. I screamed, Luka, Muka, whatever his name is, it’s phenomenal,” said Rio Ferdinand as reported by BT Sport.

Praise also came from former Madrid player, Steve McManaman. For him, Modric’s pass is very beautiful to continue to watch.

“You can see Modric’s passes all day long. I mean, you can keep seeing him. Forget the finish, it’s a matter of passing,” said McManaman.

Former Chelsea player, Joe Cole, also took his hat off to Luka Modric’s appearance. According to him, once again Modric proved his quality as one of the best midfielders at the moment.

“A very beautiful pass. That is what quality players can do,” said Cole.

Now, Madrid is just waiting for the winner of the Atletico Madrid duel against Manchester City to be faced in the semifinals. Currently, the aggregate match is 1-0 to the advantage of The Citizens.