Mesut Ozil at Real Madrid was not just a midfielder but a true assist machine, turning the team's game into a spectacle. In 159 matches for the club from 2010 to 2013, the German playmaker registered 81 assists and scored 27 goals. His partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo became legendary, as the Portuguese was the main beneficiary of Ozil's intelligent passes. Sami Khedira, who played alongside the German, called Ozil the most special player at Real and a genius, noting that after Ozil's departure, all the players, including Ronaldo, Benzema, and Ramos, asked president Florentino Perez why he sold such a footballer. In the 2011/12 season, Ozil provided 19 assists in La Liga, becoming the key creator of the championship-winning campaign in which Real Madrid accumulated 100 points and scored 121 goals. His longest streak without an assist that season was just 5 games, which speaks to his incredible consistency. Ozil possessed a unique vision and technique that allowed him to deliver passes with the outside of his boot or a backheel in one touch, such as in the match against Villarreal in 2012, where he provided an incredible backheel pass to Ronaldo. He was the kind of player who appeared out of nowhere and placed the ball perfectly for his teammate. Greatness is not given, it is earned moment by moment, Ozil once said, and every one of his assists was proof of that.
