Retired since Euro 2024, Toni Kroos continues to follow European football very closely. In his podcast Einfach mal Luppenthe former Real Madrid midfielder returned to the recent bad patch of FC Barcelona, which he considers to have the style of play “the most attractive in Europe”while highlighting the limits of Hansi Flick's system and excessive risk-taking which sometimes makes the team vulnerable.
“I also think that at Barça they take too many risks… On a bad day from Pedri, Lamine Yamal or Raphinha, any team can hurt them and eliminate them from the Champions League”he underlined in remarks translated and relayed by the program El Chiringuito. He then continued: “Last year this already happened to them against Inter Milan, and this year, whether in the round of 16, in the quarter-finals, in the semi-finals or in the final, they will come up against a team of this type at some point”. Before concluding by mentioning visible fatigue in the last quarter of an hour: “Especially from the 75th minute, we feel that everyone is more tired, and they do not change the way they close spaces. If you're tired and don't change your playing style, it becomes very obvious how exposed you are. »
