Modric and Real Madrid's 'luck': "Luck? That's unfair, but they make us laugh"

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Luka Modric

aspires tomorrow to reach his fifth

final .

If he doesn't, he will stay in a

-final , an award he has achieved more times than anyone else in the last decade of world football.

Therefore, when the Croatian hears the word "

", a smile appears on his face.

"Let them think what they want. Reaching so many semi-finals and

. The opinion is created that we

. It's unfair to say that, but it makes us laugh. Everyone can say what they want, We don't care. To get to this point year after year, you can't do it with luck alone, you have to have something else,

... All that we have.

This is what makes us great," he declared forcefully at the press conference prior to the second leg of the semi-final against

.

The

is, together with

, the leader of a dressing room that wants its third continental party of the year at the

.

It will be "the most important game of the season" after a first leg match in which "we didn't play our best game... And we scored three goals".

The atmosphere in the locker room after winning LaLiga is "very good" and playing at Chamartín is always a plus: "The history of this club plays a lot.

.

We know what we have to do when we go out on this field.

We never gave up, the club taught us that since we arrived.

We have to show that we are Madrid, that we are the best team in the world.

Have faith and personality and get the fans into the game from the beginning," he concluded.

also walked along this line of personality

, who appealed to the heart but also to football.

"If you get to a semifinal, you don't get there just because of your

. It's an important part, because

, but it's not just your heart, it's not just from the Bernabéu, it will be because of individual quality, commitment group," he summed up.

The Italian coach confirmed the loss of

, who has not recovered from the muscular discomfort that already prevented him from playing the first leg in its entirety, and admitted the "

" they have to reach a new final.

"It's very difficult, but it's an incredible opportunity."

On a football level, he is not afraid of City and has "no doubts about the starting eleven. We'll see who finishes the game."

"Sometimes you have to take risks and we have the quality to do it. There will be moments when we have to be in a low block and others when we have to press more. It will have to be a complete game in all aspects."

About the locker room, a perfect atmosphere and two leaders:

and

.

"I think

, I see more change in Karim. Luka is an exceptional professional and a player with tremendous physical and tactical quality."

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