'We will kill them' - Luka Modric recalls bench chat with Dani Carvajal during Real Madrid v PSG in 2022

Luka Modric has revealed to Rio Ferdinand that he told Dani Carvajal that Real Madrid would «kill» PSG in the return leg of their Champions League last-16 clash at the Bernabeu in 2022. PSG won the first leg 1-0 at the Parc des Princes and took the lead in the second leg, but a remarkable Karim Benzema hat-trick completed an astonishing comeback for Carlo Ancelotti’s men. Ad Real would hit late goals in the rounds that followed against Chelsea and Manchester City before beating Liverpool in the final to lift a 14th European Cup.

TransfersMessi, Benzema, Modric, Kante and more — Best players out of contract in 202328/12/2022 AT 13:33 And ahead of Real’s last-16 showdown with Liverpool, Modric spoke with Ferdinand on BT Sport’s Between The Lines, about that PSG match and Real’s run in the competition. “Everyone was favourite against us it seemed," said Modric. «I think it's difficult to describe what happened.” Ferdinand then brought up footage of the comeback against PSG in Madrid on the touch screen.

“This game for example, in the first leg, I remember we lost 1-0. We played okay but the coach took me off,» Modric continued. «And I was sitting [on the bench] with [Dani] Carvajal.

And I told him before the goal, we will kill them at the Bernabeu. I knew that at the Bernabeu, we had to open [up the game]. We had to show our offensive quality.

“And I knew that they would suffer if we performed like we can. And that's what happened, especially in the last 30 minutes of the second half. “Also, the fans played an important role.