Updated June 22, 2021, 6:10 p.m.
- Toni Kroos and Cristiano Ronaldo lived house to house in Madrid.
- After a long time, the two ex-team-mates from Real Madrid met again at the European Championship.
- The German international has now revealed what they were talking about.
After the 4: 2-Victory of the German national team over defending champions Portugal at the second EM group match day Toni Kroos and Cristiano Ronaldo a few more minutes together on the lawn and talked. Kroos has now revealed what the two ex-Real Madrid team-mates had to say.
“We talked briefly about the game, of course, but also about the games that are still to come. I wished him the best of luck and hopefully they would qualify for the next round alongside us,” explained Kroos in his podcast, “Simply Luppen “with his brother Felix Kroos.
Kroos is happy to see Ronaldo again
The German international went on to say: “Otherwise, I asked him how he was doing in Italy, he’s been there for three years now. You don’t have forever there and you’re not that unnoticed.
Afterwards, we also swapped the jerseys. It was nice to have seen each other again. “
Kroos and Ronaldo, also former neighbors, played together in Spain from 2014 to 2018 Real Madrid and won the Champions League three times during this period before the Portuguese superstar moved to Juventus Turin.
“It was a long time ago and you don’t run into each other that often now. We don’t have a fight in between Juventus played. So of course I was happy to see him again, “said Kroos about the duel and the reunion with Ronaldo.
Kroos also with words of praise for Pepe
You have “experienced a lot of positive things together and then you are just happy when you see each other – also with Pepe. Also an outstanding guy who sometimes comes across as very wild on the square and doesn’t seem so nice, which he totally does outside of the square is. And with Cristiano it’s exactly the same, “said Kroos.
The two ex-teammates could even meet again during the European Championship. Before that, both of them have to qualify for the knockout phase. Germany will meet Hungary in Group E on the third and final day of the match (Wednesday, 9 p.m. / LIVE in our ticker). Portugal meets world champion France at the same time.
Also read: Hungary versus Germany: show-off knowledge of the decisive group game
Sources used:
- Podcast “Einfach mal Luppen” from June 20th
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