Luka Modric: "Nobody notices when refereeing decisions go against Madrid"

Luka Modric looked ahead to Sunday's Clásico with Croatian daily Sportske novosti and also offered his own insight into the debatable refereeing decisions during last week's Champions League quarter final return leg against Bayern Munich.

"It makes me feel a little sad that there are controversies after our victories over Bayern because I am convinced that over the two legs we were the better team, we created more chances on goal and once again Neuer was fantastic. Every refereeing decision which goes in Madrid's favour makes the headlines but whenever a decision goes against us, no one seems to realize, do they?", Modric explained. "Bayern were awarded a non-existent penalty, the own goal which Ramos scored came from an offside move, Vidal should have been given a second yellow card on 47 minutes..."

The player was also keen to clear up his stance on the use of video assistant refereeing (VAR): "Yes, I was against the use of VAR at the Club World Cup in Japan because it was very time consuming and the match officials were not familiar with using it but after seeing the France-Spain friendly, I've changed my mind a little and I can see that it can be a good thing for football".