Sergio Ramos was the first man Carlo Ancelotti embraced at the final whistle of Real Madrid ’ s dramatic Champions League win over Atletico Madrid on Wednesday . Asked after the game when it was that he had decided to move the defender forward into midfield to cover the absence of Luka Modric , he replied : ‘ The minute after I found out Modric was injured ’ . The two kept it between themselves and it worked on the night . Ramos is one of those players for whom the old Liverpool song about Jamie Carragher ‘ We all dream of a team of Carraghers ’ would be appropriate . He could play in every single position on the pitch . Sergio Ramos ( left ) celebrates with Javier Hernandez ( centre ) and Pepe after Real 's winning goal . Ramos gees up the crowd during another all-action display at the Santiago Bernabeu for Real Madrid . It was a fiery Madrid derby on Wednesday night , but Ramos ( left ) once again proved his worth to Real . He often fools around in goal at Spain training . He started his Real Madrid career as a right back and won the European Championship there for his country . He has filled in at left-back , can play across the midfield and actually started his youth football career as striker . Had he been born British he would probably have grown up as a box-to-box midfielder . In Spain midfielders who have pace and can head and tackle often end up at centre-back and that is where he has settled . On Wednesday when his team needed him he was pitched into midfield and he let no-one down . And that ’ s the thing about Ramos . He very rarely lets anyone down . He is Real Madrid ’ s Carles Puyol – the all-action hero who rises above everyone else in in the penalty area in the Champions League final and heads in a corner that equalises Atletico Madrid ’ s 1-0 lead in injury time , allowing Real to play out extra-time and score three more to lift the trophy . Ramos heads away from his own penalty area , but spent most of the game marshalling the midfield . The makeshift midfielder holds off Atletico Madrid 's Koke during a superb display in the middle of the park . And when does fall short as he did from the penalty spot against Bayern Munich in 2010 in the Champions League semi-final when he sent his kick – at least as far as Twitter was concerned – into outer space , he has the guts to take another one in the European Championship final a couple of months later , and not only score but dink it Panenka style over the keeper ’ s dive . He has been mocked in the past for his Colemanballs comments that usually amount to declaring himself ‘ happy with the three points ’ after a cup game or ‘ looking forward to the second leg ’ after a league game , but even those who have in the past mocked him have come to admire him . It always seemed that even Jose Mourinho during his fall-out with Iker Casillas could never really properly fall out with Casillas ' ally Ramos because there was too much about him that he admired . Ramos too , while ultimately siding with Spain team-mate Casillas , always saw the worth of a bold and proactive manager . The Spanish centre-back celebrates his crucial , last-minute goal in last year 's Champions League final . Ramos has shown character to bounce back from his errors , as his penalty for Spain in 2012 showed . His supporters believe he stands for a dignity that many feel is disappearing from the game . ‘ I like managers to be nice guys but I also like them to have balls ’ he said of Ancelotti ’ s decision to play him out of his usual position against Atletico . ‘ We would both have never heard the end of it had we been knocked out ’ he said after that 1-0 win with him deployed to win aerial duels with Mario Mandzukic who Ancelotti had noted dropped back into midfield to get on the end of Atletico keeper Jan Oblak ’ s drop kicks . Real now have nine games left if they reach the Champions League final . Ramos will play in all of them no doubt . He may even cover for Modric again with the midfielder not back for another five weeks ; he will play as an auxiliary striker if Real Madrid need a late goal , and he ’ ll go in goal if the emergency presents itself . Someone really should teach Real Madrid supporters that song : ‘ We all dream of a team of Sergios ’
Sergio Ramos was superb in midfield during win over Atletico Madrid . Ramos is filling in for injured Luka Modric in central role . Real Madrid legend is primarily a centre-back , but can play elsewhere . - Cristiano Ronaldo scored his first goal of the season against Getafe with an overhead kick from outside the box.