Toni Kroos’ outstanding performance has not gone unnoticed at the Allianz Arena. Especially for his teammates, who praised the German’s performance when Real Madrid was having the worst time, in the first half. The assist pass on the first white goal was majestic, and its recipient, Vinicius, thanked him in the mixed zone: “Toni Kroos always makes things very easy. He gave me a goal. We train a lot together and I know Toni very well. I’m very happy to be able to score two goals and now it’s time for him to have a magical night at home.”
Kroos le remains merit
Kroos himself took credit for Vinicius’ first goal pass when he stopped before the microphones: “A lot of credit to Vini because he allows me to make the pass with his movement. The pass hasn’t been that special. The second leg is going to be the most important game of the season.” Rodrygo was even more effusive when talking about the German: “We always tell him to continue, to play for many more years. It doesn’t matter the age, there is the mastery, the class… We hope it continues.” And asked about the play of Vinicius’ goal, Goes was very expressive: “What happened, amazing!”
Even Carlo Ancelotti had words of praise for the midfielder, something unusual for the Italian, who is not a fan of flattering footballers too much because that weakens them. “I’m not going to discover Kroos now. One of the best average players with these characteristics. There are no words for Toni Kroos. He is a top level player. He is crucial for us. He has timing… The pass he gave is not for everyone.” The coach offered his vision of the game and came to the same conclusion several times: “Today we have not seen our best version and we have seen Bayern’s. And yet we are not leaving with a defeat.”
Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel also commented on the play for Real Madrid’s first goal: “In the first goal, Kim made the short movement too quickly and Kroos grabbed his back. He speculated very aggressively. And in the second she had closed well because we were five against two. He shouldn’t have defended so aggressively, but sometimes he showed himself too hungry and he was punished by Rodrygo’s quality.”
Kroos’ display was also reflected in the statistics, where the German turned out to be the Madrid player with the most defensive actions completed (6), the most interceptions (4), the most tackles made (2), the most passes that generated a chance (3), the most touches (98), the Madrid player with best percentage of completed passes (96%), the player with the most long passes completed (6) and all that added up to the fact that he won five of the seven duels in which he was involved.
Kroos is going through a sweet moment of play and the team and teammates appreciate it. Now all that remains is for what is already an open secret to be announced, the extension of his contract for one more year with Real Madrid. The club would like to increase that connection, but the player prefers to maintain his modus operandi and renew year after year.
2024-05-01 05:05:35
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