The clash of the knockout stages of the Champions League between Real Madrid and PSG is getting closer.
See you Wednesday evening (9 p.m.) at the Santiago-Bernabeu stadium.
Present at a press conference this Tuesday noon, Luka Modric, holder tomorrow in midfield, analyzes the strengths and weaknesses present before the poster.
You have won four Champions League.
With your experience, what will the public bring you?
LUKA MODRIC.
He will have a very important role for us.
This stadium means a lot to us.
It's a great game that awaits us tomorrow.
The help of the public will be important, like the other day against Real Sociedad in complicated moments.
This help is always there in the big games.
We will need it tomorrow.
How does Casemiro's absence affect your game?
His absence is unfortunate for us.
We all know what it means to us.
But others are there like Fede (Valverde), Edu (Camavinga)… We hope that Toni (Kroos) will be there.
We should do the usual, maybe a little more to try to make up for his absence.
All a little more, especially during the defensive phases.
But we have the players, whoever is playing, to put on a good game.
Toni Kroos will not be 100% no matter what.
Do you think it's counterproductive to start him tomorrow?
For these games, I agree that you have to be 100%.
But the player and the coach know that better than me.
If Toni plays tomorrow, he will be 100%.
No player will say, "I'm going to play but I'm not ready."
There will be no excuse if he holds.
What should you put in place tomorrow, a low block or a little higher?
It depends on the matches.
What I like more or not, I won't go into that.
The decision is up to Mister (Editor's note: Carlo Ancelotti).
Tomorrow, we will have to present ourselves with good energy, aggressiveness.
If we do that, we may have opportunities to qualify.
Kylian Mbappé is uncertain.
How do you experience that in the locker room?
To be honest, we haven't talked about it.
We are focused on our game, our ambitions.
We don't want anyone to get hurt.
If Kylian is here tomorrow, he will be 100%.
Would you like to share the locker room with him?
We all want to play with great players.
Clearly, I would like to play with him in my team.
But we will see the future.
For us, it's difficult to talk about players who are not in our team.
Have you spoken with Sergio Ramos?
How will the stadium welcome him tomorrow night?
I speak almost every day with him (smile).
It will be good to see him again.
The Bernabeu will receive him with great affection.
He is a legend of this club, one of the best defenders in history.
No one should be offended but he is the best defender in the history of Real for me.
I'm sure the Bernabeu will be happy to see him.
Who has the most pressure for tomorrow's game: Real or PSG?
There is pressure on both sides.
PSG have wanted to win the Champions League for a long time, they are doing everything for it.
We've won four in five years, three in a row… It seems normal but it's very difficult.
Both are playing a lot tomorrow night.
We have pressure in the same way as PSG.
Real is the best club in the history of football: there is always pressure.
How do you see Eduardo Camavinga's progress?
Edu has a lot of personality.
He is not scared.
He must continue like this.
We can give him advice as elders but he has to keep going.
We see him in training: he improves every time and he has a great future.
We can see it as on matches like last Saturday.
He learns, he grows, he will help Real in the future.
Do you fear Neymar, who has not yet returned 100% with PSG?
Neymar is a great player, a great danger for us, just like the other starters of tomorrow.
He is coming back from a long injury.
But on one action, he can hurt you a lot.
But like I said, we have to stay focused on ourselves, our energy.
