06/01/2024 7:07 p.m.Updated on 06/01/2024 7:23 p.m.
Toni Kroos had a farewell at the height of his career and He said goodbye to Real Madrid by lifting the Champions League again, the 15th in the history of the Spanish team. The 34-year-old German midfielder had already announced that he was hanging up his boots after the final and will have his final goodbye with the German team in the Euro Cup.
With this conquest, Kroos reached six Orejonas and equaled Paco Gento’s record, another historic Real Madrid player, who until now was the one who had won it the most times. Dani Carvajal, author of the 1-0 win over Dortmund, Modric and Nacho also joined that line.
In the ten years that he was at Real Madrid, Kroos won no less than 23 titles. In total he played 465 games (fifth foreign player with the most appearances in the club), provided 93 assists and scored 28 goals.
During the final at Wembley, Kroos came close to scoring with two free kicks that the Dortmund goalkeeper took from the corner. And with five minutes remaining, with the match already 2-0 in favor of Real Madrid, Ancelotti brought it out so that the fans could give him one last ovation. Toni left the field looking at the white stands, waving his arms, and then was in charge of raising the Cup in a perfect goodbye.
“I have enjoyed the last week a lot, it has been a spectacular atmosphere, I have tried to concentrate for the final, because it was a football match that we wanted to win, I have prepared for the match all week, the first half did not go well but it does not matter, This team always continues, we have to score goals to beat us, otherwise in the end it will turn out the other way. I am very happy to leave like this, there is no better way,” said Kroos, and added about retirement: “I’m going to miss it, for sure, but I wanted to leave this way, like today, and I’m very happy.”
Modric and Kroos celebrate their sixth Champions League (REUTERS).
With this new star, Kroos reached 35 titles in his career, distributed between Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and his national team. A legendary record that includes six Champions Leagues, six Club World Cups, five European Super Cups, four Spanish Leagues, one Copa del Rey and four Spanish Super Cups; three Bundesliga, three German Cups, two German Super Cups and the 2014 World Cup with Germany.
The final goodbye will be in the Euro Cup
Once his time at Real Madrid is over, Kroos’ final farewell will be with Germany. Although he seemed far away from the national team (he was not in the last World Cup), his good relationship with coach Julian Nagelsmann put him back among the German squad. And he will seek to crown it with one of the titles he is missing: the Euro Cup.
Kroos lifted by his teammates. The finishing touch to his farewell (AP).
Germany has not fought in important tournaments for several years and has not won a title since the Confederations Cup in 2017. In this Euro they will seek to end the drought and will also be forced to play a good role due to their status as home team. They will share Group A with Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland.
