InterviewToni Kroos is not annoyed about not having a Ballon d’Or. He would undoubtedly accept this, but generally finds individual prices “unnecessary”.
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Ballon d’Or “prestigious but not important”
MADRID. 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022: During the period of Toni Kroos In Spain, the Ballon d’Or has been awarded five times to a Real Madrid star. But not once to the Germans themselves. In the past decade, Cristiano Ronaldo triumphed three times and Luka Modrić and Karim Benzema once each.
Striker Joselu recently made it clear that Kroos alone actually deserved this prestigious award – five times. Is the 33-year-old Royal game designer annoyed about not having a Golden Ball in his private display case? Maybe just secretly? According to his own statement, not.
In the latest edition of the podcast “Einfach mal Luppen”, which he runs with his brother Felix, he emphasized that his focus was and is entirely on collective successes.
“If there had been one, I wouldn’t have stood up and rejected it because that is already an award. Above all, it is prestigious, but not important. That’s a big difference. My default attitude is simply that I don’t think it’s important – or not as important as other players. I have always seen myself as a team player, which is also due to my style of play, and I want to win titles with the team. That’s what counts in the end. Because I believe that the team deserves these titles, I also believe that individual awards are unnecessary in a team sport. I’ve always said that and I stand by it. No single player would have even come close to winning anything on their own.”explained Kroos.
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Toni Kroos: “Don’t worry me, not even in secret”
“Eleven Toni Kroos won nothing, eleven strikers won nothing, eleven defenders won’t win anything either. It’s always a combination of a good team.”emphasized the long-time midfield strategist of the white ballet. “That’s why the team wins the titles, which is why individual awards are absolutely not important in my opinion. That’s why it doesn’t bother me, not even secretly. Not at all. And yet, of course, I wouldn’t have rejected it, it’s clear. Of course you would take something like that with you too.”said Kroos unequivocally.
In the vote to award the Golden Ball for 2014, the veteran landed in ninth place after winning the World Cup in Brazil – his best placement. In 2015 he came 21st, in 2016 and 2017 he finished 17th. Kroos made it into the top 30 four times.
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Toni Kroos doesn’t care about the Ballon d’Or: “Individual awards are unnecessary”
Toni Kroos is not upset about not having a Ballon d’Or. He would undoubtedly accept this, but generally finds individual prices “unnecessary”.
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