The German international has responded to criticism in recent weeks regarding Joachim Low’s team selection in the semi-final.
Joachim Low has faced widespread criticism for his team selection against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mario-Balotelli-c23937 and were dominated by the Italians throughout
the course of 90 minutes.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Greece-c2908 where he also scored the fourth goal for his side. Many had tipped the Borussia Dortmund man to start the game
ahead of Kroos and Thomas Muller but Low handed the Bayern Munich man his first start of the tournament in the crucial game.
Kroos however, denied any such claims and insisted that it was the manager’s plan to start with a strong central midfield to counter the threat from Andrea Pirlo and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Riccardo-Montolivo-c31049. He insisted that the manager should not be
blamed for the loss and the tactics should not be criticised as they were deployed to carry out a certain plan.
“I did not necessarily have to play on the right wing. Italy's biggest threat was coming from the centre. We did well by showing our game and the defeat has nothing to do with the tactical changes. We only did it to try to strengthen
the centre of the midfield,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
The former Bayer Leverkusen man admitted that the side considered Pirlo as the main threat and had to stop him from dominating the midfield. He is confident that the team will make a strong comeback in the 2014 World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858.
“If the opponents have a player like Pirlo in their ranks, you cannot be arrogant and say you do not care about him. Our goal now is to qualify for the World Cup. We want to have our chance there,” he concluded.
Toni Kroos put in an impressive performance against the Azzurri but it was not enough to put http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 to the final as Die Mannschaft were knocked out in the semis.
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