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Next Saturday, May 28, the world will focus on what happens in Paris in the final facing Real Madrid y Liverpool. Only one can win Champions League y Toni Kroos analyzed the match Bild diary. The midfielder made it clear that the objective of the season is to lift the ‘eared’.
“That’s the big goal! Although I am less concerned about how many titles are for me now. We want to reward ourselves as a team for the season in which we had to put up with some difficult games”, the white ‘8’ began by explaining. Difficult situations, especially after the knockout stages of the highest competition in European football.
“There were these situations where many hoped that everything would end. But before the games we were never the big underdogs, although we played against some of the best teams in the world like Manchester City or Paris. Not many teams would have come back in those situations where we come back. We did it because we believed in it.”
Toni Kroos, applauding the Real Madrid fans
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Now the meringues appear in the final and the half experience with the youth is a great asset for them: “We have some experience, for sure. But in the end it is the mix in the team. The games in the knockout stages in particular showed that our younger players also gave momentum. In addition to this oversight, you need experienced players who can calm things down. The mix makes the difference.
trainers
He has also referred to Carlo Ancelotti y Jürgen Klopp. The coaches of the final. “I have had him as a coach for the second time, he brought me to Madrid in 2014. He has a very good sense of how to deal with the group and also how to deal with the individual. That is very important at a club like Real Madrid. He also has a clear plan for how he wants to play. It is very variable, that is what distinguishes it. What matters is that it gives us absolute freedom and does not tell each player what to do in each situation. He trusts the quality and instinct of his players. In handling he is as good as no other”, he pointed out about the Italian.
“Yes of course. I’ve had a lot of great coaches and he’s definitely one too. I already had it on my list when I was coach of Mainz: Mainz was one of my favorite teams back then, because they played very good football in the second division and unfortunately they didn’t get promoted. At Dortmund it was great what Klopp did anyway, and at Liverpool he created an absolutely world-class team. His work is outstanding and I think he is also an outstanding ambassador for Germany. He’s successful, he’s great with his style, I really have nothing but respect for him,” he said of Klopp.
Benzema and Alaba
Kroos has not forgotten some of his teammates. Like Benzema: “I wouldn’t even call it more freedom. I’ve watched Karim here in Madrid for eight years and you could always see what kind of player he is. He’s always been the one who scored a lot of goals, but maybe now his role has changed a bit. In In the past, he may have looked more to the left or to the right because there were players who were more of the ‘end player’ type and asking for shots and goals.”
Karim Benzema and Tony Kroos
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“Now Karim is clearly the number one goalscorer, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t look left or right anymore. He still has assists in double digits. He’s a very team player. But before we had three finishers in him, Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, and one in Cristiano who scored 50 goals per season. Now Karim is the fixed point from the beginning, and the way he implements it doesn’t bother him too much”, he highlighted.
As to Alabahas commented that he did not expect his big change when he left the Bayern Munich in 2014: “I didn’t expect it when I left in 2014, but he played inside at Bayern and now he feels more comfortable there than away. On the other hand, it didn’t surprise me at all that he fit in perfectly here, because he doesn’t He was not a young professional, but a mature player with experience accumulated over many years at a big club. He knows how to win titles and brings quality with him. I had no qualms about that”.
“In the beginning, of course, the language is difficult. But he is on the right track there. And by nature he is someone who likes to give instructions and cheer on the pitch. It is very important to speak Spanish for that, and Sergio Ramos was someone who’s played this role before, who really lived this role and was a great role model. But David came through with gestures and a lot of will from the get-go. By the first season, he’s already very vocal, totally there and accepted.” has added.
Transfers
In terms of transfers, he has been asked about the incorporation of Ruediger to Real Madrid: “If that became official, I would be very happy, yes”. And from the German central to the rumors about the arrival of Lewandowski al Barcelona: “Could this change work? No idea. From a sporting point of view, I can only say that I would not be a fan of this change. Because then it would strengthen our biggest competitor.”
About Liverpool
Kroos recalled the 2018 final: “It was a 50-50 match. Until the goalkeeper made a mistake before it was 1-0, everything was totally balanced. Then Liverpool quickly made it 1-1. And then Gareth Bale scored a Chilean goal, which was not bad at all. Like so many times in the finals, small things, mistakes and special moments were decided”.
Then he highlighted that Liverpool have improved a lot since then: “Definitive! They have been strengthened in terms of the breadth of the squad, and have improved in terms of quality in goal. And they have more experience, having won the Champions League against Tottenham the following year. Playing endings like this helps, of course. In this sense, I think Liverpool is definitely a stronger class than in 2018.”
[Más información – El camino del Liverpool hasta París: 4 lesiones en 14 días frente al merecido descanso del Real Madrid]
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