Germany-Spain clash ‘won’t be my last game’: Kroos

By AFP
July 04, 2024
Germany’s midfielder Toni Kroos gives a press conference at the team’s base camp in Herzogenaurach, on Jul. 3, 2024, during the UEFA Euro 2024 championship. — AFP
Germany’s midfielder Toni Kroos gives a press conference at the team’s base camp in Herzogenaurach, on Jul. 3, 2024, during the UEFA Euro 2024 championship. — AFP

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany: Retiring Germany veteran Toni Kroos said he was confident Friday’s blockbuster Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain would not be the last game of his career.

Kroos announced in May he would hang up his boots after the Euros on home soil, meaning this week’s match in Stuttgart could be his final game. Real Madrid teammate Joselu said this week he wanted to “send Kroos into retirement” but the 34-year-old midfielder had his sights set on the July 14 Euros final in Berlin. “We will still be in the tournament for a while,” Kroos told reporters on Wednesday at Germany’s base camp in the Bavarian village of Herzogenaurach.

“I don’t think tomorrow will be my last game. I think we’ll see each other again —and I look forward to it,” he added. The 2014 World Cup winner stepped down from the national team in2021 but agreed to return in March.