Toni Kroos was in charge of appearing at the official press conference prior to the game against Atalanta. The 31-year-old German midfielder twice avoided commenting on the future signings of Mbappé and Haaland, pointed out as one of the keys for the team to work together and affirmed that, for him, the Champions League begins now.
What does the team have to do ?: “As we do lately. We have to do things together. Important players are missing and we have to do things together. That way we will do great things.”
A more controlled game: “We want to play a more controlled game. We have to adapt to the game. But we are going to try to play our game.”
Response to difficult situations: “We have to play a bad game. Lately we have made them good. We know the situation. It is a final for us. The Champions League for me begins now. We know it will be a difficult game. It is a good rival and it will be important to control their game. We will have to defend well. “
Play with Modric and Casemiro: “It will be difficult to explain them. We have a good moment in the middle, but since my opinion is that you win or lose matches in the middle, we have to be fine.”
Haaland or Mbappé: “They are both very good. They can help the team and it is normal with the quality they have. The problem is that tomorrow they will not help me …”.
His leadership: “The truth is that I do not care, it does not change much. I try to express my opinion on and off the field, with and without the ball. My work does not change much because of that. I try to do my best for my team.”
Economic issue of the Champions: “The truth is that I love my club very much, it is normal in all aspects. In principle I am a player and, thinking about what I can achieve, I want to achieve success. And if that way we help the club, much better.”
Race: “For me, in a match it is very important to be well in midfield. It doesn't always work. No midfield can control everything. But what we do is good and we want to continue like this. It is our idea in midfield. We try everything”.
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* Data updated as of February 23, 2021
Injury problem: “The truth is that I'm not the right person to ask that. I don't live with players who are injured and I don't know what they do in rehabilitation. What I know is how to take care of my body. Now here we are very motivated.”
Results and decline of Spanish soccer: “Without a doubt, every year things can change. It has been many years that Spanish teams have won the Champions League and in the Europa League. But it is normal, teams change players, they have won a lot … We cannot say that Spanish football it's worse than English or German. Every year we fight to win titles. “
Haaland or Mbappé. Who would you give assistance to ?: “To Benzema”.
They have already beaten Inter this season …: “We are going to play against Atalanta, we do not know him. We have seen him on video. When we have not played against a team it is something new. It will be very complicated.”