Real Madrid were celebrating yet another Champions League victory, but Toni Kroos’ mood was dimmed by an interview with German television.
Vinicius Jr’s second-half winner helped Carlo Ancelotti’s team upset Liverpool in Paris, giving the Germany international his seventh Champions League victory. Liverpool had 24 shots to Real Madrid’s four, but they couldn’t break through a well-organized defence led by man of the match Thibaut Courtois.
2DF questioned Kroos after the game on if the game went as planned and whether he was shocked they were put under so much pressure by Jurgen Klopp’s side.
“You had 90 minutes and you come up with two s*** questions,” he complained before walking away. “Two negative questions, you can tell right away that you’re German.”
Kroos was not the only Real Madrid player to be somewhat uptight in his interview immediately after the game. Goalkeeper Courtois spoke to BT Sport and took the chance to urge fans in England to put “respect” on his name after his stunning display.
“I saw a lot of tweets saying I would get humbled,” Courtois declared. “It was the other way round. Today I needed to win a final – for my career, for all the hard work, to put respect on my name because I don’t think I have enough respect, especially England. I saw a lot of criticism that I was not good enough or whatever.”
Asked what it meant to win the Champions League, he replied: “I’m just really happy and proud of the performance of the team, and when I needed to be there I was there for the team. We have beaten the best clubs in the world, together with us. Liverpool were very strong today. I think I played a great game and that was the difference.”
It was manager Carlo Ancelotti’s fourth Champions League triumph, and he declared: “I can’t believe it. We had a fantastic season.
