this will sound crazy to people after 2018, but kroos is been the best Madrid midfield for the whole run and before that he was best midfield in Germany with bayern, after world cup modric became overrated, and kroos underrated, kroos is a beast a real midfielder only need vision and passing like xavi, pirlo or zidane
i love Kroos but the 2-3-5 attacking system was adapted by REAL MADRID and it works, even when Kroos is on the bench. hence how we won the 14th against Man City, it was Carvajal playing his role of putting the ball in
@@aqib7540 that’s CRAZYYY, did you not read the comment? they were doing it against MAN CITY and CHELSEA, which chelsea were defending UCL champs. sooooo ummmm not so “rigid”
@@aqib7540 yes. And. Im saying thats Not a. Major Problem die reall madrid. Since they are Not tie to a System. Lets Say kross leaves. You Gott Bellingham tchuameni Valverde y Camavinga. And Vini. With mabappee (if he comes) can u Not Change system With thatt.
Obviously he means “skill” in terms of flair dribbling, which is how most people would refer to being “skilful”. He’s not saying Kroos isn’t skilled at football.
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.
Agree with all you said till you only mentioned midfielders of the recent era's. Still agree with the rest, but football history goes beyond the last 2 era's and there are multiple midfielders that surely could be put as high or higher on the list than the names mentioned. However you did mention Scholes, probably with Seedorf the two most underrated midfielders of the past 2 decades who I'd put both most players you listed. Also Scholes played till a high level to the age of 36 and came back out of retirement at the age of 40 for half a year to entirely turn a failing United team who just acquired van Persie around. I also think most players you mentioned kept up a consistent high level at even older ages. Gerrard, Xavi and Lampard were slightly falling off but the others at 34?
Dude... Take no offense, but you're repeating yourself about three times. Yes, he won the world cup, treble with Bayern and four UCL titles with Real. Well...this comment is just a repetitive version of this clip in text format.
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
@@nasifahsan5958I was crazy about Kroos for a while lmao, he was literally the perfect heir to Scholes. Worst part is that we could have gotten him in 2014.
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.
@donleno2018 from last 10 seasons, so since 2013/14 to 2023/24, Madrid won 5 UCLS. So last 10, madird won 5. Out of that, 5 three were in a row. Which was never done in the history of UCL format. Or the last 10 seasons, they won 23 trophies.. 23... that is 2 trophies a season. Still not the best? In Germany, in 2014, Kroos won the World Cup. With Croatia Modrić have silver and bronze medals with CROATIA and Silver in Nations League. Casemrio won Copa America in 2019 and runners up in 2021. That's just trophies. They have been dominating football for the last 10 seaons. And you are saying they aren't even best in La Liga... why? Because they won it three times? Yes, sure, La Liga is much harder than UCL. Spanish teams have it easy. And then you have Negreira case. Just this season, look game against Sevilla in October 2023 or against Valencia in March 2024. Just look at the refs being amazing at their job. Culture in Spain is that it is okay to rob Real madrid and then accuse them of being corrupted. Or are you saying Iniesta, Xavi, and Bosquets are better? With the Negreira case and what we saw in Semi-Finals 2009 against Chelsea... Yeah. No. Hardly. Iniesta is one year older than Modrić and he hasn't been playing high-level football for the past 6 years. Xavi spent his 35 to 39 in Qatar, while modric, who will be 39 this year, is still playing on the highest level in Madrid. And these three Xavi, Iniesta, and Busquets are Spanish. Played in Spain for Spanish National. They never had problems with adjusting to culture, league, language, or having to change styles coming to the national squad. At for the whole carrer they spent in Barcelona.. one club. So they are hardly second. There were amazing Midfield groups like Milan 2006/07 with Pirlo, Gattuso, Seedorf, and Kaka. Man Uniteds, Scholes, Giggs, and Carrick/Beckham. Modrić, Kroos and Casemiro showed the world on both Club and National Level that they are legends of the game. In Club level, National level. Modric even won FIFA Best Player of the Year and Ballon Dor. And to say that they aren't even best in La liga is deliberately being a moron. I hope you stop watching football with that kind of opinions and go watch curling.
@@pedtalkssportswhy u even replying to these ppl bro...nxt time dont put that in your title you'll get ppl commenting b4 watching the video...hope u learn your lesson
@@muns8928 easily the most overrated player of his era, the fact that some people rank him as high as or even above legends like Modrić, Xavi or Iniesta is genuinely insane to me
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'
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.
Edit: Since many of you seems to have inadequate reading skills. I never said Toni Kroos is better than Andrea Pirlo, or Modric, or any other player you idolized. I only said. Toni Kroos has a higher passing accuracy than Andrea Pirlo, JUSTIFYING MY ASSESSMENT OF HIS PRICE OF 25 MILLION AS A CHUMP CHANGE. You can make a comparison out of something without saying A is better than B. I can say Usain Bolt sprint faster than Ronaldo, does that make him better than Ronaldo? 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.
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...
He's irreplaceable so they have to change the system & the remaining players just need to step up their game. I believe modric & kroos has given a lot of ball knowledge to the next generation. We just gotta believe
He is a legend we absolutely might never see again. his passes are so dangerous for opponents. And that 95+% pass accuracy? THATS A MAN FROM ANOTHER GALAXY IN THAT SKILL in the GAME. And yet surprisingly, He and Kante are the most humble football players i have ever seen in the game.
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.
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.
If you've ever played football, you know just how ridiculously good Kroos is, having a Kroos in your team is a cheat-code. The vision, the passing accuracy, the ball-carrying ability to buy the team some time to set back up, these are attributes that are too hard to find in a single player.
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.
He kinda does some simple things in a way that others cannot..he finds the wingers with ease..flows the game to his liking..modric and casemiro can be replaced but not kroos.that level of footballing iq doesn't come just like that..real can find good dribbler like modric or good tackling player like case but Replacing kroos gonna take ages ..Same as scholes those orchestretor are so hard to replace..they run the game behind the scenes...
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.
Warra warra David Silva gundogan world cup 5 champions league 6 club world cup 😂😂😂😂 delusional pessidog gayfandogs always hating on tono kroos or any real Madrid player gaycelona dogcelona fan @@ISREHL
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.
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.
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.
You've put this German sniper well into words! "passing is the greatest skill in football" as my father once said btw, I agree on that, He isn't with "No" skills.
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
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.
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.
FIFA games definitely butchered the meaning of the word "skills". Kroos has perfect footballing skills and technique; "skills" are not necessarily flashy pointless dribbles. The most important skills in football are quick thinking, planning your next play one step ahead (sort of chess-style), reading the game, and quickly receiving and passing the ball. To say that a guy with such perfectly weighted and executed passes, shots, and ball control, has no "skills", because he doesn't do some stupid video game dribbles, is a football blasphemy
watched every levekusen game. He has always been able to pass the ball well. Obviously nowhere near as good as he was at madrid but you could see his ability. Nice try tho, keep it moving and thanks for the free view.
in the final ucl game vs liverpool you can see how he control the tempo of the game..Madrid have very limited attacking option and had to utilize less chances in order to win..
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
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.
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.
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
This. He wasn't starter at the start of the season. But Real Madrid was forced to make him starter after few games. It's not like they lost the games, but control wasn't there. They had to play him.
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).
Germany produced so many smart guy with "no skills" in the same generation it's crazy. I'd like to know why, is it linked to the biggest scout from this era or the most popular development plan?
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 underrated just like u mate ❤
Appreciate it man thank you
this will sound crazy to people after 2018, but kroos is been the best Madrid midfield for the whole run and before that he was best midfield in Germany with bayern, after world cup modric became overrated, and kroos underrated, kroos is a beast a real midfielder only need vision and passing like xavi, pirlo or zidane
This comment is underrated
He is so vital that when he retires they need to change thier whole system
i love Kroos but the 2-3-5 attacking system was adapted by REAL MADRID and it works, even when Kroos is on the bench. hence how we won the 14th against Man City, it was Carvajal playing his role of putting the ball in
@@aqib7540 that’s CRAZYYY, did you not read the comment? they were doing it against MAN CITY and CHELSEA, which chelsea were defending UCL champs. sooooo ummmm not so “rigid”
Maybe valverde can take over in a similar role as he matures
It's Real Madrid we dont have thatt Problem. We use whatever System Help US to win. We are not a slave to a. System. Like other Clubs
@@aqib7540 yes. And. Im saying thats Not a. Major Problem die reall madrid. Since they are Not tie to a System. Lets Say kross leaves. You Gott Bellingham tchuameni Valverde y Camavinga. And Vini. With mabappee (if he comes) can u Not Change system With thatt.
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
Obviously he means “skill” in terms of flair dribbling, which is how most people would refer to being “skilful”. He’s not saying Kroos isn’t skilled at football.
@@kendrick6740 it's what FIFA Kiddies refer to as skills...
Plus also he i good in dribbling also, guess the dude only looking at FIFA stats and not watching his gameplays
Your last sentence was literally the whole point of the video. Im getting a sense people just saw the thumbnail then did not watch the video lol
@@pedtalkssports That's what tends to happen when you upload a video with an outlandish rage-bait title and thumbnail
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."
I think that sentence is original from Mayweather in boxing
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.
Agree with all you said till you only mentioned midfielders of the recent era's.
Still agree with the rest, but football history goes beyond the last 2 era's and there are multiple midfielders that surely could be put as high or higher on the list than the names mentioned.
However you did mention Scholes, probably with Seedorf the two most underrated midfielders of the past 2 decades who I'd put both most players you listed.
Also Scholes played till a high level to the age of 36 and came back out of retirement at the age of 40 for half a year to entirely turn a failing United team who just acquired van Persie around.
I also think most players you mentioned kept up a consistent high level at even older ages. Gerrard, Xavi and Lampard were slightly falling off but the others at 34?
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Dude...
Take no offense, but you're repeating yourself about three times.
Yes, he won the world cup, treble with Bayern and four UCL titles with Real.
Well...this comment is just a repetitive version of this clip in text format.
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
That's super high praise. He was revered in Catalonia and then he sings the praises of a Real (possibly Bayern at the time) player 😂
@@lyndxnjoel6917 yeah thats why guardiola was crazy for toni in bayern
@@nasifahsan5958I was crazy about Kroos for a while lmao, he was literally the perfect heir to Scholes. Worst part is that we could have gotten him in 2014.
The player who made me love football, you can’t imagine how I was crying when he retired
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.
Kroos Modric Casemiro were great, but they aren't even the best the best midfield trio of the last 20 years of La Liga
@donleno2018 from last 10 seasons, so since 2013/14 to 2023/24, Madrid won 5 UCLS. So last 10, madird won 5. Out of that, 5 three were in a row. Which was never done in the history of UCL format.
Or the last 10 seasons, they won 23 trophies.. 23... that is 2 trophies a season. Still not the best?
In Germany, in 2014, Kroos won the World Cup.
With Croatia Modrić have silver and bronze medals with CROATIA and Silver in Nations League. Casemrio won Copa America in 2019 and runners up in 2021.
That's just trophies. They have been dominating football for the last 10 seaons. And you are saying they aren't even best in La Liga... why? Because they won it three times? Yes, sure, La Liga is much harder than UCL. Spanish teams have it easy. And then you have Negreira case. Just this season, look game against Sevilla in October 2023 or against Valencia in March 2024. Just look at the refs being amazing at their job. Culture in Spain is that it is okay to rob Real madrid and then accuse them of being corrupted.
Or are you saying Iniesta, Xavi, and Bosquets are better? With the Negreira case and what we saw in Semi-Finals 2009 against Chelsea... Yeah. No. Hardly. Iniesta is one year older than Modrić and he hasn't been playing high-level football for the past 6 years. Xavi spent his 35 to 39 in Qatar, while modric, who will be 39 this year, is still playing on the highest level in Madrid. And these three Xavi, Iniesta, and Busquets are Spanish. Played in Spain for Spanish National. They never had problems with adjusting to culture, league, language, or having to change styles coming to the national squad. At for the whole carrer they spent in Barcelona.. one club. So they are hardly second. There were amazing Midfield groups like Milan 2006/07 with Pirlo, Gattuso, Seedorf, and Kaka. Man Uniteds, Scholes, Giggs, and Carrick/Beckham.
Modrić, Kroos and Casemiro showed the world on both Club and National Level that they are legends of the game. In Club level, National level. Modric even won FIFA Best Player of the Year and Ballon Dor. And to say that they aren't even best in La liga is deliberately being a moron. I hope you stop watching football with that kind of opinions and go watch curling.
What Barcelona does in 40 passes, Toni Kroos does in 1 pass💯
Ja ja, in your dreams. Barca is King of the game. Always be 👑
@@vaisnavaoneday9223 King of what game exactly?
@@vaisnavaoneday9223pass to Ronaldo>> tikitaka 😂
@@picassobiggieKings of bottling it in Europe.
Hahaha barca.. king of dinner for Bayern Munich
How dare you say he has no skills? This man is a genius while he is playing football. Simply elegant!
At no point in the actual video did I ever say Kroos was not skillfull
@@pedtalkssports Dude this is your title: "How A Midfielder With No Speed or Skills OUTPLAYED Everyone"
@@pedtalkssportswhy u even replying to these ppl bro...nxt time dont put that in your title you'll get ppl commenting b4 watching the video...hope u learn your lesson
@Siacicini like kroos
Him and ozil were really made scapegoat in the German national team!!!
Ozil I know.
But Toni??? What happened??
Ozil wasn’t scapegoated, he genuinely played like garbage in 2018 and then pulled the racism card to escape criticism
@@LjuboCupic1912Every team ozil played with had some problem with him. He has a massive ego.
@@muns8928 easily the most overrated player of his era, the fact that some people rank him as high as or even above legends like Modrić, Xavi or Iniesta is genuinely insane to me
@@muns8928name them his old Madrid team loves and he still loves arsenal he is not hated by his old teammates
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'
100% with you
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.
inflation
Like Casemiro said " Real Madrid game is controlled by Kroos; whether to play fast or slow it down". (Pardon, I may have paraphrased it)
Edit: Since many of you seems to have inadequate reading skills. I never said Toni Kroos is better than Andrea Pirlo, or Modric, or any other player you idolized. I only said. Toni Kroos has a higher passing accuracy than Andrea Pirlo, JUSTIFYING MY ASSESSMENT OF HIS PRICE OF 25 MILLION AS A CHUMP CHANGE. You can make a comparison out of something without saying A is better than B. I can say Usain Bolt sprint faster than Ronaldo, does that make him better than Ronaldo?
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.
Because pirlo doest play cm
@@ibrahimadandirir9891 Yes, he played often even deeper which normally provides with an even higher pass percentage.
Kroos does way more sideways passes. Pirlo and the oils of the world took more risks and difficult passes. They are more progressive.
@@radarinfinite1032 eh.. not true at all.
@chrisb2942 it's definitely true. I bet the tikki takka boys post similar numbers for the same reasons.
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".
thank you for the constructive criticism. They always pronounce like the first one but I will not ite for future videos
@@pedtalkssportsit's English Media that usually prononce it like that, but German, French and other media usually say it the right way
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...
He's irreplaceable so they have to change the system & the remaining players just need to step up their game. I believe modric & kroos has given a lot of ball knowledge to the next generation. We just gotta believe
Have you seen Valvade??
I'm going to say he's going to be better
He is a legend we absolutely might never see again. his passes are so dangerous for opponents. And that 95+% pass accuracy? THATS A MAN FROM ANOTHER GALAXY IN THAT SKILL in the GAME. And yet surprisingly, He and Kante are the most humble football players i have ever seen in the game.
Kroos will become one of the best manager in the game if he decides to take it up after retirement.❤
I've been waiting a long time on Kroos analysis videos from football RUclipsrs. Thank God I found this vid!
Every time you called him "Cruise" i died a little inside^^
As someone said Kroos is Federer of Football. He doesn't sweat. Elegant and intelligent.
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.
at least someone admits to it. usually these people are never to be seen anymore
my top 2 player Kroos and Messi. They literally just spamming some highly technical skills in one game and making it 'boring' because they are Master.
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.
If you've ever played football, you know just how ridiculously good Kroos is, having a Kroos in your team is a cheat-code. The vision, the passing accuracy, the ball-carrying ability to buy the team some time to set back up, these are attributes that are too hard to find in a single player.
passing is a skill. he may not have one v one skills but his vision is amazing and has great touch and timing of passes.
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.
He kinda does some simple things in a way that others cannot..he finds the wingers with ease..flows the game to his liking..modric and casemiro can be replaced but not kroos.that level of footballing iq doesn't come just like that..real can find good dribbler like modric or good tackling player like case but Replacing kroos gonna take ages ..Same as scholes those orchestretor are so hard to replace..they run the game behind the scenes...
Well. Today was quite the day for this to show on feed
Kroos is so clutch for me in fifa 😭😭 his long balls through passes and set pieces so good man
My favorite player from 2012 I saw I’m playing bate borsov n I was like who is dude from that day until now still my favorite
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.
The other players you mentioned are much better than kroos
@@ISREHLyou think gundogan is better than kroos?😂😂😂
Warra warra David Silva gundogan world cup 5 champions league 6 club world cup 😂😂😂😂 delusional pessidog gayfandogs always hating on tono kroos or any real Madrid player gaycelona dogcelona fan @@ISREHL
U left out de Bruyne.
@@sebastian-FX357Z1De Bruyne is not a dictating midfielder
Real Madrid unleashes the best out of any player .
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.
in terms of titles there is an argument to be made he is the best footballer to ever exist 😅
What a player …Thanks for everything TONI KROOS
Passing, ball control, vision, IQ, shot accuracy, two feet, winning mentality, etc are all skills and Kroos has them in abundance.
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.
Absolute disrespect to Kroos when Messi won the award for the best player of the tournament (wc2014)
He was the best player at the 2014 WC
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.
You've put this German sniper well into words!
"passing is the greatest skill in football" as my father once said btw, I agree on that, He isn't with "No" skills.
Passing in itself is a skill 🔥
To appreciate Toni Kroos, you have to watch the game for 90 minutes. You cannot appreciate by looking at stats.
saying that Kroos has no skills is criminal
Kroos, a player in his prime from start until the end of his career.
I always love Kroos
Saying kroos hasn't skills is such a outstanding way of thinking
Very well done and said! Thank you!
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
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.
Kroos deserves a ballon dor
So did Iniesta and Xavi but midfielder like them are overlooked
My man really thinks kross can't dribble
Toni Kroos is in a class of his own - a player who plays smart and with brain rather than plays hard and with brute strength
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.
Tim Duncan of soccer. Fundamentally perfect but not flashy.
Toni Cruise
Football is not about sprinting and high jumping. It's just for making accurate passes for goals with a great sense of positioning.
No speed ok but no skills ??????
FIFA games definitely butchered the meaning of the word "skills". Kroos has perfect footballing skills and technique; "skills" are not necessarily flashy pointless dribbles. The most important skills in football are quick thinking, planning your next play one step ahead (sort of chess-style), reading the game, and quickly receiving and passing the ball. To say that a guy with such perfectly weighted and executed passes, shots, and ball control, has no "skills", because he doesn't do some stupid video game dribbles, is a football blasphemy
When I hear his name, I think of him kicking the ball, pointing his fingers, looking at the ground.
For me kroos stats should be:
Pace:77
Shot:88
Passing:96
Dribling:85
Defened:79
Physical:86
Overall:92
2:15 You sir, didn't saw a single game of Toni Kroos back then...moving on
watched every levekusen game. He has always been able to pass the ball well. Obviously nowhere near as good as he was at madrid but you could see his ability. Nice try tho, keep it moving and thanks for the free view.
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.
He don't do any flashy tricks doesn't mean he have no SKILLS.
Kroos and Messi was my top 2 of all time.
If Kroos ever picks up coaching, I am sure he will be very good
Bro won his 6th champions league yesterday 🏆
Hala Madrid ❤
in the final ucl game vs liverpool you can see how he control the tempo of the game..Madrid have very limited attacking option and had to utilize less chances in order to win..
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
I think he and busquets have same playstyle, less speed and dribble but have godly sight and many great passing
No skills is bullshit. He also has a great shot and is technically on a high level.
Him and pirlo in a class of their own
he's not the best athlete, but one of the best footballer
Legend of the game
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.
great video!
In some games he distribute 100% accurate pass rate
Toni get Skills ooo if you don't know 🥳🥳My role model 🥰🥰
In my opinion he should go down as better than Modric
No skills, no speed, no problem....When you have the talent, you're a Kroos!!!!
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.
Yeah i can tell you didnt watch the video before making this comment lol
He doesn’t think he just does
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
This. He wasn't starter at the start of the season. But Real Madrid was forced to make him starter after few games. It's not like they lost the games, but control wasn't there. They had to play him.
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).
Germany produced so many smart guy with "no skills" in the same generation it's crazy.
I'd like to know why, is it linked to the biggest scout from this era or the most popular development plan?
Love the content ❤
His awareness is already a skills. Stepovers and rainbows aren't the only skills in the game.
Now 6 UCL
Here's as scay thought: imagine Tony Cross the coach!!!
Just like Alonso, He will be the next big thing on the managerial scene.
kroos is definitely strong his physique talks enough and he is skillful too i dont understand what are you talking about
Kroos is literally the best german player of the last decade.
Keep up the good work I love your channel
Me after watching this video...
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Search bar: Toni Kroos skills
"Toni shorten 50 passes with 1 pass." - Zidane
Now he has retired 😫😫
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.
i likre this vudeo
I don’t think you understand what skill means. Of course he has great skills and his strength is underrated.
it was actually a reference to skill moves not overall football skills. This was easily shown within the first minute of the video hope this helped
underrated as fuck
He is comparable to Xabi Alonso, but in Germany he didn't get a lot of reputation. Thats sad.
bros stat is 99 on short past, 99 in long pass, 99 in vision.
Its criminal Bayern never got around his talent and worth!