In short, Germany’s coach Julian Nagelsmann is strongly opposed to the nickname “Querpass-Toni” given to Toni Kroos. Nagelsmann believes that those who use this nickname do not understand football, and claims that Kroos is one of the best players in the world. The German captain, Ilkay Gündogan, also defends Kroos and says that ‘simple’ passes can be very important. After the football European Championship, Kroos is done with national team football. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. Ahead of the football European Championship on home soil, Germany’s coach Julian Nagelsmann met the press. There he was asked to talk about Toni Kroos. The star who had given up his own national team – until Nagelsmann convinced him to take one last dance in the championship this summer on home ground. – In Germany it has always been a nickname: “Querpass-Toni”, he said at the press conference. OUTRAGED: Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann is irritated when he hears the name the supporters have given Kroos. Photo: Thilo Schmuelgen / Reuters He stopped in the middle of the sentence. A little shake on the head. – Those who say that know nothing about football. Directly translated into Norwegian, it means “cross-passing-Toni”. Many of the supporters of the national team are not convinced. The passes only go sideways, believe several of those news gave Nagelsmann the opportunity to exclaim during a press meeting in Leipzig. – The nickname is madness, he begins. – I think he is one of the top three players in the world who can find teammates between the opponents’ defensive lines. Gündoğan to news: – Ridiculously good footballer 34-year-old Kroos has won five Meisterliga titles with Real Madrid. In addition to 18 other trophies for the club. He has also won the Meisterliga with Bayern Munich. After the summer EC, he is finished. The shoe will be put on the shelf for the last time for the trophy wholesaler, which he confirmed at the end of May. news also asked the German captain, Ilkay Gündogan, about the nickname at a press conference during the EC. – There is nothing negative. I know that people make it sound like nothing particularly positive, but I know how important these “simple” passes can be, because that’s actually a bit my playing style too. – I think the trophy and his achievements speak for themselves. You have to be a ridiculously good footballer to achieve all these things, and that is why he is very important to us. Germany meets Hungary on Wednesday at 18. The match will be broadcast on news Radio and TV 2. PRAISE THE TEAMMATE: Barcelona star Ilkay Gündogan was not annoyed by Kroos’ nickname. He thinks his team-mate must take it as a compliment. Photo: FRANCK FIFE / AFP The Barcelona player takes his time when answering news why he is not upset by the nickname. – Preparing the last pass and centering it the way Toni does, it’s special, even if people don’t see it. – In my career, the most fascinating thing has always been what looks so simple, but is very effective. It is a pleasure for me to be Toni’s teammate in this championship, he smiles. COACHES AND STARS: In the opening match, Toni Kroos excelled for Germany. Here he is pictured with Nagelsmann when he was replaced. Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP Took time to convince Kroos Just days after Germany’s EC exit in the semi-finals against England in 2021, Kroos announced that he no longer wanted to play for the national team. But Julian Nagelsmann had not given up the light hatch from Greifswald when he came in as national team manager. – In November 2023, we probably had the first phone conversation about maybe getting him back. It took some time to convince him, because he wondered what we wanted to change in the future in the national team, the coach told the press corps the day before the opening match. Toni Kroos was not so easy to convince. – In one of the first conversations with me, he said that “he will only join the team if he feels that Germany can win something again”. But as we now know, even that fortunately. – So I told him about my plans and the next steps. Then he said yes and “let’s rock”, smiles Nagelsmann. WATCH VIDEO: This only happened once in the opening match against Scotland. The other 101 attempts were successful from the German talisman. Havoc in the opening match And that was definitely what he did in the opening match against Scotland in Munich. Of 102 passes Toni Kroos played, he missed just one (!). – In the match against Scotland, he was very good. 99 percent of his passes were successful. They were not just sideways passes, as you refer to, says Nagelsmann to news. In addition, he was third last at 1-0 and was appreciated with 9/10 on the stock market by, among others, the British The Guardian. – Kroos will not miss a pass until he is sitting in the fireplace room at the nursing home, wrote football expert Lars Tjærnås on X during the match. Whether the passes go sideways or forward, as with the first goal scored in the EC this year, the 34-year-old will have several opportunities to show his record on Wednesday evening 18:00. Then Germany meets Hungary in Stuttgart. The match will be shown on TV 2 and can be heard – along with all other matches from the championship – on news Radio. WATCH VIDEO: Toni Kroos and Germany outclass Scotland in the opening match. See the highlights here. Published 19.06.2024, at 10.50 Updated 19.06.2024, at 13.08
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Takes Toni Kroos in defense – the nickname made the boss react – European Football Championship 2024
