Barcelona is not going to win the Champions League this season, however their efforts within the competitors have been recommended by many in current months. And the most recent to offer reward to the Catalan facet is Actual Madrid icon Toni Kroos.
Toni Kroos praises Barcelona after spectacular Champions League run
Talking on his ‘Einfach mal Luppen’ podcast (through ), Kroos mentioned the . He admitted that he was very shocked on the skill of the Blaugrana to interrupt down their opponents with relative ease. On this regard, he gave credit score to Hansi Flick, who was beforehand his supervisor on the German nationwide staff.
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“Within the first leg they have been dropping 2-0, and within the second leg they have been additionally 2-0 down. And usually in opposition to Inter you’ll be able to’t come again as a result of they’ve a really strong defence, however while you see the way in which Barcelona play soccer, you must congratulate Hansi Flick and Barcelona for this efficiency.
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“There’s a very excessive stage of collective and particular person high quality. It’s wonderful how they performed from the forty fifth minute, or certainly all through the second half, in opposition to an opponent who is aware of the best way to defend effectively, however they have been capable of finding area and get to the purpose. One of many issues that shocked me probably the most about Barcelona was how weak Inter’s defence was in opposition to them, not solely on this recreation, however in each matches.”
Kroos believes Barcelona’s high-line tactic was doomed to be punished
Kroos additionally spoke on Barcelona’s notorious high-line tactic, with he believes has been considerably fortunate to be so efficient on condition that their beginning central defenders lack tempo.
“Iñigo Martínez and Cubarsí are a lot better than Araujo, however they don’t have the pace after which it’s a good higher threat once they overtake you. That was the chance they took and it provides them a number of success and spectacular victories, however as I assumed, the day would come when that threat can be punished, and it was with Inter.”
