The oldest player in the current Real Madrid squad, Luka Modric, addressed the media on Sunday evening following the devastating 5-2 humiliation against Barça in the Spanish Super Cup final. As the Madrid team languishes in agony, the Croatian midfielder calls for moving forward.
Carlo Ancelotti and his team displayed another alarming performance on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. Struggling against big teams this season, Real Madrid once again crumbled in front of FC Barcelona. While it was believed that the team had improved at the start of this year, only Kylian Mbappé honoured the merengue shirt during the 2025 Spanish Super Cup final played in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Incapable of playing cohesively, defending as a unit, or pressing high, Luka Modric and his teammates were soundly defeated 5-2 by their Catalan rivals.
Modric acknowledges Barça’s superiority
In a match where the gap in quality was glaringly evident, several players clearly demonstrated that they are not up to the required standard. While Carlo Ancelotti admitted that his players did absolutely nothing to prevent this monumental fiasco, which will go down in the annals of Spanish football, Luka Modric tried to put a positive spin on things. The veteran Croatian, the only player to stop and speak to the media after the humiliation in the Superclásico, told Madridistas that it was better to lose this final—undoubtedly a bitter pill to swallow—than to lose other finals this season.
With a coach incapable of making the right squad choices or establishing a suitable game plan, the Madrid team will achieve absolutely nothing in this condition. To win the remaining trophies this year, they must deliver strong performances against big teams, something they have been unable to do since the start of the year. It must be said that Modric’s words to the Madridistas fail to provide any real reassurance at present.