Real Madrid: The perfect angle of Luka Modric's assist vs Chelsea

Luka Modric saved Real Madrid’s Champions League campaign with one majestic flick of his right boot.

Going into the dying minutes at the Bernabeu on Tuesday night, it looked for all intents and purposes as though Los Blancos had bottled the 3-1 lead that they had established in west London.

Goals from Mason Mount, Antonio Rudiger and Timo Werner had seen Chelsea race into a 3-0 lead in the Spanish capital that put them on the brink of a legendary Champions League comeback.

However, it simply wasn’t to be, because for all of the Blues’ hard work and heroics, they couldn’t do anything to stop the fact that Modric was pulling the strings in the Real midfield.

Even at age 36, the 2018 Ballon d’Or winner remains one of the best playmakers in the business, buzzing away at the heart of the Real machine with metronomic passing and unrivalled vision.

So, really, there was always the threat that Modric could unravel Chelsea’s dreams in an instant and that’s exactly what he did with one of the finest Champions League assists we’ve seen in years.

The Croatian maestro delivered the most outrageous of passes into the penalty area from deep with the outside of his right boot that Rodrygo Goes gobbled up with an emphatic finish.

Not only was it an inch-perfect delivery that looked about 45 chess moves into the future, but the way in which he pulled it off with such effortlessness and impudence made it an absolute joy to watch.

As such, you just knew that footballing purists around the world would be drooling into their craft IPAs as the television replays showed Modric saving Real from elimination with a moment of genius.

However, of all the stunning angles that showed Modric strutting his stuff, none of them compare to the alternate