“If there's a final to lose, it better be this one”

Real Madrid's Croatian midfielder Luka Modric commented that the 2-5 defeat against FC Barcelona in the final of the Spanish Super Cup was a “complicated defeat” and said that, “if there is any final you have to lose in the season”, they prefer it to be this one.

“Among ourselves we are going to analyse to see what we can improve. We are in the fight for everything. If there is any final you have to lose, we prefer to choose this one,” Modric said in the mixed zone after the defeat.

“It's a complicated defeat. Barcelona were better and we have to congratulate them. For us it's good that there's another game coming up very soon in the Copa del Rey and we don't have much time to regret it. We have to correct what we have done wrong, forget about it and continue because there is still a long season ahead,” he commented.  “It's not nice when your biggest rival scores nine goals in two games,” he said.

Finally, Modric did not want to say anything about Ancelotti's approach: “We have to work now and correct our mistakes. We didn't play a good game, Barca were better and that's it”. 

 

January 12, 2025