Toni Kroos took advantage of the first installment in 2022 of his weekly podcast Einfach mal luppen, which he shares with his brother Felix, to chat about the Spanish Super Cup, which takes place this year in Saudi Arabia and whose final will be played by Real Madrid after winning 3-2 in the semifinal against FC Barcelona. Of course, the idea of contesting it in the desert and the merit that his team made for participating do not seem to have been too clear to the German midfielder, as he admits with laughter on the podcast.
“It is clear that a Spanish Super Cup has to be held in Saudi Arabia. Where is it supposed to be held if not?” Jokes Felix, what Toni answers: “No doubt about it”. When asked by his brother about what Real Madrid did to be present at said championship, the Madrid midfielder added with a laugh: “Well, obviously, not much because We neither won the league nor were we cup champions. But here we are. Two years ago, the first time the Super Cup was played with four teams, we had not been league or cup champions either, and we ended up winning the Super Cup. What am I going to tell you? To be honest with you, I think the organizer has a certain interest in our participation. “
This time, the team led by Carlo Ancelotti is back in the final, despite a small mishap after the arrival of the team in Riyadh that Kroos reveals in his podcast. “The airport bus got stuck in the sand, that’s why I was a little late for our appointment “, explains a Kroos who could not avoid throwing a dart at tennis player Novak Djokovic, in the international spotlight due to the soap opera surrounding his participation in the Australian Open without being vaccinated. “It was also checked upon arrival if we were all vaccinated. That doesn’t just happen in Australia, but here too, “he said.
It also happens in Germany, the country where Kroos was born, although, little by little, he adapts to the lifestyle in Spain. “I always tried to be extra punctual, but I admit that it has stuck to me a bit that of showing up a minute before the coach’s talks begin. Before, when he arrived five minutes earlier, he was the last in the national team and the first in Real. Now, I’ve happened to arrive just a minute before and I’m still in the top three, “concludes the 2014 world champion in Einfach bad luppen.