Kroos is underrated just like u mate ❤

He is so vital that when he retires they need to change thier whole system

I don't understand why passing with dead accuracy is not a skill? I mean, have you seen 95+% passing accuracy in 10 seasons? Kroos is generational

I'll never forget something my coach said that Kroos always reminds me of. "There's always gonna be someone stronger, faster or more skillfull than you, but if you can outhink them, you can beat them every time."

After this video you made a day after he came out of international retirement, I hope people start putting more respect on Toni Kroos' name. A treble winner with Bayern Munich, 5 time champions league winner, has won the champions league 4 times at Real Madrid, won the World Cup with Germany, won everything there is to win at club level and a World Cup winner had played a key role in every single one of those triumphs, being such a consistent player, showing his value to the team, yet despite all of his achievements, I've been saying this for months, it baffles me that Toni Kroos is only known for being a "back pass" merchant and always playing sideways passes. Without being skillful or flashy, the intelligence, being able to always make the right decision and play incredible passes and do it with consistency, he makes the game look too easy and it's true that it doesn't always reflect on the stat sheet watching him you see how good he is and he does it at such a high level on the biggest stages of football and has done this for years. The composure, footballing IQ, his brain, passing etc are things that he excels at and it doesn't get enough praise because it's not as flashy or attractive to the normal viewers. Given his accolades consistency longevity and how he has been in his prime throughout his career, I think it's time to put him in the greatest midfielder of all time conversation along with the likes of Luka Modric Zinedine Zidane Andres Iniesta and Xavi even if his playing style isn't as flashy as the names I mentioned. In his peak, he was one of the best midfielders in the world, very successful at Bayern Munich, won the World Cup with Germany producing during the tournament who can forget his performance against Brazil in the semifinals where they won 7-1, got 2 goals and an assist, and at Real Madrid, he's been a key member during their champions league success especially when they won the 3peat as at the time he had the best seasons of his career statistical wise. The season before he went to Madrid, they won the UCL, but what makes Toni Kroos' role in Real Madrid's European success significant is they won 4 champions league titles with him leading their midfield and prior to that even with the plethora of talent they had, their best ever teams on paper didn't win the champions league and he was a game changing signing. Even after all of this, nobody puts respect on his name, and when we talk about why Real Madrid have won the most champions league titles out of any team since 2014 with 5, we all bring up Cristiano Ronaldo Karim Benzema Luka Modric Gareth Bale Sergio Ramos and even Marcelo and a guy who has an insane passing percentage and the most passes completed in the final third, he always started their attack and everything in possession goes through him. Similar to Barcelona's midfield trio of Xavi Iniesta and Busquets, Kroos Modric and Casemiro, it was a foundation for Real Madrid controlling games in Europe a combination of balance, playmaking, technique and skills meant that their midfield regardless of who they were playing against were able to break down opponents in so many different ways. He's been overshadowed by the attacking talent they've had, he's remained a pivotal player for Real Madrid especially at the age of 34 despite having CMs like Jude Bellingham Eduardo Camavinga Aurelien Tchouameni and Federico Valverde as they're making a mark for this team in the present and future, with Kroos still playing and producing, he's irreplaceable in his own way. Guys like Xavi Iniesta Gerrard Scholes Lampard Zidane etc were all legendary midfielders, unbelievable players, but were never able to sustain a high level of play in their 30s, but Kroos on the other hand has aged like fine wine mainly because of his playing style and elegance similar to Modric as well even though both players are different. Bayern Munich really said that he wasn't a world class midfielder, in 2024, Toni Kroos has won everything there is to win at the highest level of club football and he'll go down as one of the best midfielders of his generation, so underappreciated and misunderstood, and once he retires, people will probably start appreciating him more.

Andrea Pirlo, the maestro, who operated as metronome in all his career have an average pass percentage around 86%, let that sink in. Toni Kroos, since 2013/2014 never dipped below 92%. That's 10 years of more 92% of pass accuracy. I say 25mil for that is a chump change.

As an old United fan, I admire Toni. I remember in the last 1 or 2 years of Scholes's career, he said that he was trying to learn and playing like Toni Kroos who was 23 24 years old at that time. I think that's all to say about how great Toni is

What Barcelona does in 40 passes, Toni Kroos does in 1 pass💯

Him and ozil were really made scapegoat in the German national team!!!

If you understand the game and see the play you can higly regard Kroos as one of the best pure center midfielder in history of game. Consistency of his passing accuracy, holding the ball, dictating tempo of the game, changing side of play with long balls, free kicks, and corneres even his defending is great. Having player that can easily dictate whole game while you know ball is safe is one of the best thing to have as a manager. Not to mention he is a gentleman, he is polite, he doesnt mind sneaking his mind even tho he does it rarely and his sportsmanship is top notch. Kroos, Modrić and Casemiro are best midfielder trio in history. Casemiro holding defender that knows how to foul, brake the tempo of the opposition and take back the ball. Kroos that can control and dictate whole game singlehandedly with amazing passing game and vision. Modrić that with his individual talent, creativity and technical ability can both brake the lines and find the right players to finish the action. All three also have amazing shooting ability from long range. And what is diffrnece between Modrić and Kroos? Even tho they have similar postion. You can clearly see in Madrid play. When Kroos is alone, Madrid is more calm and pressure the opponents with possesion and control. With Modrić alone, Madrid is more direct. Attacking straightforward and taking more risks. The nunbers show it. Both Kroos and Modrić deserve to be appricated more and regarded as legends in their postion with one of the best in the history. From the trophy cabinet, longevity in the game, Consistency and performance in both clubs and national teams. Sadly for Modric he is Croatian so he will not be regarded as such, and Kroos is timid with his behaviour and simply don't care enough. To conclude whole video, we should be grateful to see these players play the game and witnesses this amazing achievement they did. This are generational players. They made history for both clubs and coutnry. And only high football fans that enjoy the game for what it is, will understand this players and players like Pirlo, Xabi Alonso and Makelele brought to the game. These players are also rarely spoken about... you know just xavi, iniesta and the academy award one.

Like Casemiro said " Real Madrid game is controlled by Kroos; whether to play fast or slow it down". (Pardon, I may have paraphrased it)

How dare you say he has no skills? This man is a genius while he is playing football. Simply elegant!

It's crazy how quick football moves and in the summer of 2014, Real Madrid made 2 significant transfers after the World Cup.. What makes Toni Kroos' greatness special is that in that same summer, they paid a lot of money for James Rodriguez and Kroos cost Madrid only 25 million which is seen as a bargain considering the landscape of modern day football with how inflated transfer prices are nowadays as you see teams like Chelsea paying 100 million for potential on Enzo and Caicedo. The summer of 2014, all the attention was on James Rodriguez because of the price tag and the way he took the World Cup by storm and he was the top scorer in the tournament, carried Colombia to the quarterfinals, and a lot of people went to his Bernabeu presentation while not a lot of fans went to Kroos' and even though Toni Kroos was already an excellent midfielder and helped Germany win the World Cup, his transfer to Real Madrid went under the radar with Rodriguez getting all the headlines. Fast forward a decade later in 2024, both have them have endured opposite directions in their career paths. Toni Kroos has enjoyed 10 successful seasons at Real Madrid, contributing to a lot of trophies, including 4 champions league titles and regardless of who the manager was, he was a pivotal player to the way the team played, he was the heartbeat of the team and is now one of the best midfielders of his generation. At the age of 34, he's still producing the goods and as we speak, yesterday, he came out of international retirement with Germany which is a testament to his longevity, and not bad for a guy who wasn't seen as a world class midfielder according to Bayern Munich. James Rodriguez on the other hand, endured a mixed tenure at Real Madrid where Zidane hardly even played him, and he has been unable to truly settle at a club, different managers don't trust him, has been plagued with injuries and the guy hasn't been able to resurrect his career ever since, he's had a couple of contracts terminated, couldn't adapt to the changing dynamics of modern football especially with how the number 10 role (traditional playmaker) position evolved and how teams rely on box to box midfielders, CDMs, central midfielders more than natural playmakers and at the age of 32, he's playing his football in the Brazilian league and he's a long way away from getting back to the level that made him one of the best attacking midfielders in the world, meanwhile Kroos is still playing for Real Madrid and at his age shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Crazy stuff right and I didn't notice that until I saw it in a video and a great example on how transfer fees aren't the driving force to how successful a player's career is.

Side note: "Kroos" is not pronounced with a "u" like in Tom "Cruise", but with an long and open "o" like in the English word "board".

Toni is a master of the basics. mastered all sorts of passing, short and long. 59/50 accurate long balls every match. this is who Cruyff was referring to when he said 'playing football is simple, but playing simple football is hard'

Madrid has a great team for the future. But there is just one position im still uncertain, and that is Kroos position. I dont see anyone in the squad like him. Perhaps tchauemeni? but noone is the orchest master like Kroos and as of yet i dont see anyone able to fill his shoes ......Im still nostalgic about the Kroos-Modric-Casemiro trio, what a dream midfield it was...

I've been waiting a long time on Kroos analysis videos from football UKpostsrs. Thank God I found this vid!

Kroos will become one of the best manager in the game if he decides to take it up after retirement.❤

Every time you called him "Cruise" i died a little inside^^

unfortunatrly, I was one of those people who called him Querpass Toni for a looooooooooong time. I did him wrong. Kroos is one of the most stable player I have ever seen. Not many come to my mind that never disappointed. Messi, Lahm. Sort of player you can rely on blind. Invaluable. Im sorry for being ignorant Toni Kroos.

I mean Kroos is one of the midfielders that dictate the game, those type of midfielders like David Silva, Gundogan, Xavi and Toni Kroos, tend to be underrated because they aren`t flashy, but they are crucial to any team that wants to win trophies.

He is a true football master. Simplify complicated situations into elegant and straightforward plays. That requires brain!!! He scored an unforgettable goal in 2018 WC against Sweden. That was the last chance for Germany in the last minute. What's a freekick under unbelievable stress! Who else can duplicate that? Messi? Ronaldo? The answer is absolute none except him.

I will always say: Toni Kroos for me is the greatest midfielder of all time. I've never seen a player make football so simple as he does. I am a Madrid fan. And watching him play week in and out for so long, it made me appreciate the uniqueness of his skills. If a machine was to create a midfielder, Toni Kroos would be the result👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾...his profile in football is so rare. The closest player I can relate to his style is Josua Kimmich under HANSI.

Kroos is so clutch for me in fifa 😭😭 his long balls through passes and set pieces so good man

great video!

In my opinion, he is the best German footballer since 2000. Neuer, Müller, Lahm, Ballack, Özil, Gündogan, Schweinsteiger, Klose, Kahn were all outstanding players and a case could be made for each of them but considering Kroos’ titles and him being a vital part in all those title winning teams (except for the 2013 triple Bayern as you mentioned because of his injury) gives him the upper hand in my personal ranking.

The one thing you didnt mention is his defensive work, in the kcm era, even though casemiro was the main disruptor, he was most effective in the double pivot with kroos. Rarely a misstep, he marshalls that barrier in front of defense and has a high interception rate without being the fastest man on the pitch. Even now at 34, his ability to read the opposition is unreal! So whilst modric is near retirement and us madridstas will give him a beautiful farewell, we aint ready to let go of Toni

Because I did not get into the sport for the flashiest players like Messi, Ronaldo, or Neymar I enjoy that aspect of the game, but I appreciate and am more entertained the role of midfielders since my favorite player is a central midfielder. I have always thought Kroos was so underrated for a long time because of it.

No speed ok but no skills ??????

Love the content ❤

Kroos and Micheal Laudrup are the most underrated players I know. Both are in the top 5 of best midfielders of all time, together with Zidane, Matthäus and Cruyff. When it comes to purely being a central midfielder he even is the number 1 of all time.

Toni Cruise

For me kroos stats should be: Pace:77 Shot:88 Passing:96 Dribling:85 Defened:79 Physical:86 Overall:92

He was the best player at the 2014 WC

Passing, ball control, vision, IQ, shot accuracy, two feet, winning mentality, etc are all skills and Kroos has them in abundance.

To speak of “no skills” with Toni is very far-fetched. His ball handling is at a top level. And if we're talking about game overview and understanding of the game, only a few like Xavi or Alonso have reached his level. You also say the latter in the video. You're just wrong to reduce “skills” to dribbling alone. Outplaying opponents in such a way that a “WOW” echoes through the rows in the stadium is not the only and certainly not the most important skill in football.

Saying kroos hasn't skills is such a outstanding way of thinking

My man really thinks kross can't dribble

I play EFootball and he is the player who's constant in my team. I can literally play the ball to the opponent third with 3/4 passes.

Kroos deserves a ballon dor

Now under Julian Nagelsmann Kroos finally gets the attention he deserves. His return to the German team got a huge hype since Nagelsmann is basically building the whole strategy of his team around Kroos. Thats because he is such a strategic master mind and calm no matter what the situation is. Basically everyone in Germany knows that now.

I think he and busquets have same playstyle, less speed and dribble but have godly sight and many great passing

Keep up the good work I love your channel

Tim Duncan of soccer. Fundamentally perfect but not flashy.

Football is not about sprinting and high jumping. It's just for making accurate passes for goals with a great sense of positioning.

When I hear his name, I think of him kicking the ball, pointing his fingers, looking at the ground.

Him and pirlo in a class of their own

If Kroos ever picks up coaching, I am sure he will be very good

Toni get Skills ooo if you don't know 🥳🥳My role model 🥰🥰

good video.. but saying Kroos is a bad or average dribbler or has no skill is badly worded. He is an amazing dribbler he just is not as flashy as players like Vini, Leao or Rodrygo is. But his ball control is second to none. His ability to find the right dribbling when he is under pressure is perfect. Only one who can compare on this position I can remember is Andrea Pirlo (Busquets sometimes but he also did some huge fails where he lost the ball because he tried too much).

In some games he distribute 100% accurate pass rate

Here's as scay thought: imagine Tony Cross the coach!!! Just like Alonso, He will be the next big thing on the managerial scene.

He don't do any flashy tricks doesn't mean he have no SKILLS. Kroos and Messi was my top 2 of all time.

underrated as fuck

between players like kimmich, T. muller, kroos, matthaus, miroslav so on germany has consistently pumped out some of the smartest players to walk onto a football pitch

First hour gang

You have ZERO knowledge about Kroos if you say he has no skills ! He is one of the technically most gifted players on the pitch, his ball control is superb in ANY situation and even his dribbling is good. He just does not have speed and acceleration, which is the reason he doesn't dribble much.

Absolute disrespect to Kroos when Messi won the award for the best player of the tournament (wc2014)

Me after watching this video... *click click* Search bar: Toni Kroos skills

I don’t think you understand what skill means. Of course he has great skills and his strength is underrated.

No skills is bullshit. He also has a great shot and is technically on a high level.

It funny to me how you say krooses name your pronouncing it like cruise when it’s cross but the k is but a rougher

What do you consider skils if you say Tony doesn't have it. It can't be his own positioning, awareness of space, steals, short dribbling (cause he and Madrid don't do long dribbels), or passing.

kroos is definitely strong his physique talks enough and he is skillful too i dont understand what are you talking about

He is comparable to Xabi Alonso, but in Germany he didn't get a lot of reputation. Thats sad.

Can u make a video on if messi deserved all his ballon dor Or not 🐷

Real tried benching Kroos this season, and they suffered in the start of the season, it was only bellingoal that saved them every time, and after he became a regular Real started dominating

Kroos is literally the best german player of the last decade.

"Toni shorten 50 passes with 1 pass." - Zidane

Bruh this man sounds like the goat 😂

German midfielders and even attackers are like that. Lack in many departments but make up for it with their specialities. Kroos has passing, Bastian had skills and Muller has IQ

conclusion of the video "Football is played with brain your legs are just tools- andrea pirlo "

Real has replaced Benzema. Real has replaced Ramos. Real has even replaced CR7. But Real has not replaced Kroos. He is that important to them. They would not let him go for a Billion Dollar, as long as he can play.

Hey Ped! Please do a Kroos vs KDB analysis!

Skills nahhh you haven’t seen bro beating press

What do you mean by skills ?🤔

The empire strikes back with the return of the Jedi! Again the PIECE for championship… Toni Cool will rule at EURO2024. Like in France in March24- unstoppable p.s. darkest our in Bavarian history: when he signed in Madrid

bros stat is 99 on short past, 99 in long pass, 99 in vision.

Its criminal Bayern never got around his talent and worth!

Who is Toni Cruise?

Why everyone is pronouncing his surname wrong, it is actually like "cross" but make the "o" sound a bit longer

Kroos is one of the best German players of all time

If you want to look at a midfielder more dangerous as a passer than Kroos and so slow you could man mark him the entire game while in a wheelchair, look at Italian player Pirlo.

Pep made him what he is today

Toni Cruz?

“No skills”🤣

You should've replaced the word "skill" with "dribbling", as in you're referring only to his lack of flair dribble whereas SKILL encompasses so many more aspects of the game. Shooting is a skill, ball handling is a skill, set piece taking is a skill, tackling is a skill. Honestly, I think you did it for the clicks, but it was such a miss-use that the title could be considered almost a shameful click bait. Other than that, great analysis, just use the right wording next time.

Cruise 😂😂😂

No high running speed, ok, i agree. But no technical skill is ridiculous claim. He can shoot very hard and previsely with both feet.

G8OAT ❤

it's flair, not flare

*outplays everyone

Krus 🚫 Kroos ✔

Kroos in his prime was the best midfielder in the world

X passing, Y Tatoos

Iq... Vegeta Voice, it's over 9 thousand!

Great video, but his name isn't pronounced 'Cruz' or 'Cruise'... It's Kroos, with the oo pronounced like oh from oh my god.

Maybe the biggest fumble in Bayern history. But they bought Xabi Alonso the same transfer window.

Toni Cruz 😂

Krohs, not Cruse. The oo is pronounced like oooh not u. 😂😂