Mourinho & Ronaldo: Modric Reveals Emotional Moment

The Croatian Luka Modriccentrocampistto the AC Milan and former Real Madrid player, revealed that the Portuguese coach José Mourinho made Cristiano Ronaldo cry in his time in the Spanish team for not pursuing, to defend, a rival.

The veteran Balkan footballer, in an interview with the Corriere della Seraexplained that Mourinho was the toughest coach and that even “I saw him make Cristiano Ronaldo cry in the locker rooma man who gives everything on the field, because for once he did not chase the rival full-back. “Mourinho is very direct with the players, but he is honest,” he declared.

“He treated Sergio Ramos and the newcomer in the same way: If I had to tell you something, I would tell you. Max (Allegri) is also like that: he tells you to your face what is right and what is wrong. “Honesty is fundamental,” said Modric, who indicated that for him Mourinho is “special, as a coach and as a person.”It was he who wanted me at Real Madrid. Without Mourinho, I would never have arrived. “I regret having only had one season,” said Modric, for whom Carlo Ancelotti, his former coach at Real Madrid, “is number one.”

“It’s hard to find the words. Because of his way of being, not only because of his qualities on the bench. We talked many times about Milan when we were in Madrid. This place was also unique to him. I remember when I met him. I was alone in the city. He called me and said, ‘Come, come have dinner with me.’ We talked for hours, about everything. About football, about family, about life. Normally, coaches don’t trust their players. “He does,” he explained.

Modric hates comparing Cristiano to Messi

He pointed out a coach he had as a child, Tomo Basic, as the most important in his life to achieve the goals he has achieved and specified that he does not like being asked: Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo?”

“They marked an era. I feel closer to Cristiano because I played with himwas my teammate in Madrid, and I assure you that he is not only a great footballer; He is an incredible person. People don’t know it, but he has a huge heart, always willing to help others. And he is a simple and normal man,” said the Croatian, who, of the Argentine, pointed out that “There is no doubt that he is also extraordinary. As a player he is magnificent”.

Likewise, he reviewed his long career and his life, including the war that cost his grandfather the life, he confessed that if he had not been a soccer player he would have liked to be a waiter (he studied at the Borik hotel school), that He was a Milan boy because of his childhood idol, Zvonimir Bobanwho was convinced that his career would end at Real Madrid, that his secret is “the passion” for football, that he feels like a humble and normal person with a normal life.