The Spain-Germany summit witnessed the end of the career of one of the best football players in history, the German star Toni Kroos, the former Real Madrid star who had previously announced his retirement from football after the end of the European Cup.
After his country’s loss, the player expressed his deep sadness over the Germans’ exit from the tournament after losing 2-1 at a critical time when the teams were preparing for the penalty shootout.
The German national team coach confirmed earlier that he had convinced Toni Kroos of the difficulty of continuing with the national team and returning again after he had previously announced his international retirement, but this time it seems to be the real end after the player refused to renew his contract with Real Madrid, announcing the end of the career of one of the best midfielders in history and winner of the Champions League title 6 times.
“We put everything in, to lose after being so close is painful… We can all be proud of what we did, I’m very happy to have helped, I think we gave German football hope again and we were better as things went on,” Toni Kroos said after the match.
He continued: “I believe that the team will succeed in the future, but today I am very sad because we wished to stay in the tournament for a longer period.”
Spain will meet the winner of the France-Portugal match later on Tuesday in the semi-finals.
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