The astonishing appearance of national coach Julian Nagelsmann in the ZDF sports studio on Saturday evening also dominated Bundesliga Sunday. Nagelsmann had indicated on ZDF that a comeback by Kroos, who resigned from the DFB team after the 2021 European Championship, was not completely ruled out.
DAZN commentator Marco Hagemann (47) asks his expert Sami Khedira in the 32nd minute of the game between Bayer Leverkusen and Eintracht Frankfurt: “Do you think he could persuade Toni Kroos to resign? Could you imagine that with Toni too? You know him too, let’s put it that way, a little.”
Leverkusen Gala This host is WORLD CLASS
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Expert Sami Khedira (36): “I don’t know what his thoughts are in this regard and I don’t even want to know. Toni Kroos never had a dent in his career, but always stopped consistently. I once said it on the microphone here at DAZN a few weeks ago that if Toni Kroos were Spanish, I am absolutely convinced that he would still be a national player today and he wouldn’t have resigned in the first place. My feeling is that he is not valued here, he doesn’t get the recognition that he actually deserves.”
DAZN expert Sami Khedira has his own theory about Toni Kroos and his DFB resignation
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And further: “The performance he delivers week after week at Real Madrid is outstanding. Also last week against Union Berlin, he came on the pitch in the second half, didn’t have any highlight moments, but he got things right straight away. His cleverness, how he makes passes, how he uses his teammates and drives opponents to despair, is outstanding. Personally, I would do anything to see Toni play on the pitch for Germany at the European Championships. Because he performs well.”
Is that why Kroos resigned from the DFB team?
Xabi Alonso and Bayer Leverkusen are Christmas champions
On the game between league leaders Leverkusen and Bayern winners Frankfurt:
The Alonso team gave Eintracht no chance from the start, dominated the game for 90 minutes and scored with the first chance.
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14th minute: Wirtz sets up Boniface, who shakes Tuta in the penalty area and shoots. The ball goes past national goalkeeper Kevin Trapp into the right corner – 1-0!
Bitter: Trapp has to keep the ball. The DFB keeper doesn’t get down quickly enough. It’s possible that it was due to his back problems. Trapp had to be substituted after 45 minutes in the Conference League against Aberdeen during the week due to back problems. Before the Leverkusen game he had an injection to get fit in time.
After the break, Leverkusen went into a frenzy.
51st minute: Palacios finds Boniface. The striker fails to beat Trapp, but Frimpong sinks the rebound – 2-0!
Celebrating Victor Boniface’s 1-0: the stars of Bayer 04 Leverkusen
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57th minute: In the center circle, Boniface sets up Wirtz beautifully, who is then able to run through on his own and lift the ball over Trapp. 3:0 – world class!
Leverkusen set an all-time Bundesliga record with the win. HSV last managed the first 24 competitive games of a season without defeat in the 1982/1983 season. With the win, Alonso also clinches the winter championship in the Bundesliga. Even a defeat in the last game of the year on Wednesday against Bochum would not push Leverkusen out of first place.
By the way: Both fan camps evaded the league-wide boycott against the investor during the first twelve minutes and raised the mood.
2023-12-17 19:28:44
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