http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Toni-Kroos-c35425 warns his team against complacency in Tuesday night's friendly against Poland
Bayern Munich midfielder and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 international Toni Kroos has urged his side to stay focused ahead of Tuesday night’s friendly with Poland. The player wanted a win in this game in order to go into the Euro 2012 with confidence.
Germany coach, Joachim Low, is set to field in some new faces for the game in order to test his bench strength. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429, though, would set to start the game.
Kroos believes that the Germany squad is strong enough to topple any opposition. The 21-year-old midfielder is expected to be rested on Tuesday. The youngster is likely to be replaced by Borussia Dortmund midfielder Mario Gotze. Kroos knows in advance that
he won’t be playing but wishes for his team to win irrespective of him playing. He urged his side not to get complacent against a tough Polish opposition.
While talking to the local media, Kroos enthused, "An international game is like any international game for me. We want to win the game no matter what kind of team we have and independent of whether we have already qualified. With a win, we will be able
to round off a successful few days. I am looking forward to not only this game, but to the European Championships in general."
Kroos was also a part of the Germany squad that defeated http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lukas-Podolski-c22896, Andre Schurrle and Mario Gotze registered their names on the score sheet. Gotze replaced Kroos in the 85th minute
and it took him four minutes to score. The teenager is all set to start against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Poland-c2983 while Kroos will be confined to the bench. Kroos has wished his compatriot all the best for Tuesday’s game.
The player so far has represented Germany on 20 occasions but is yet to open his account for the country’s senior side. Kroos has also represented his country at different youth levels, scoring 23 goals in total, playing for U17, U19 and U21 sides.
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