Autistic, unable to speak, hates going to school and even preschool teachers had to rigorously teach the boy how to hold a pen for months. Why the hell, at the age of 28, Toni Kroos has won all the team titles that any player would crave.

Kroos’s success is also the general success of German football after the ruins of EURO 2004 when they were bitterly eliminated right from the group stage. People say that when it comes to football, you have to do it widely, starting from the movement and then going into each specific individual.

These transition stages even take time calculated in two numbers to get into gear. Yet, the Germans do both well at the same time, even though they have to struggle amid the chaos of a football system about to enter a transition period.

In the story below, I would like to take the time to talk about the biggest star, the most representative embodiment of the German people in the 2018 World Cup.

In the summer of 2006, when Toni Kroos was bought by Bayern Munich from Hansa Rostock’s youth team, legendary coach Ottmar Hitzfeld used the phrase “talent of the century” to praise the playing ability of the midfielder playing for Real. Madrid.

Happy for Kroos, because he entrusts his youth to a place where the head coach gives him favor, and the Board of Directors plans for a long-term development strategy. Toni Kroos was quickly promoted to play in the Bundesliga just over a year later.

However, Ottmar Hitzfeld is in no hurry. Kroos is too young to shoulder heavy tasks. Hitzfeld did not bury Kroos on the bench like many other young players, he always made sure that his student would not have to sit out for 3 consecutive matches, either starting, or coming on the field from the bench to get used to the atmosphere. professional football.

In the 2007/2008 season, he had 13 appearances in the Bundesliga, not a bad number. Remember, Kroos was not yet 18 years old at that time – a time when boys in North America and some European countries did not have the right to buy alcoholic drinks, and Asian boys mostly just buried their heads. Go to video games in your free time.

Kroos played in the middle of the field, so it is not strange that during that time the senior midfielders were the ones who forged his playing style today. Bastian Schweinsteiger taught Kroos poise in his touches, how to calibrate his time in possession and passing so that the game follows him, not the other way around.

Mark van Bommel could not turn Kroos into a tackling machine or possess a hard-nosed kicking style on the field, but in return, the Dutch midfielder taught Kroos how to play football like a man standing up. under pressure. Here, men do not refer to physical ability, but to cold handling and terrifying decisiveness in moments not for the faint of heart.

Not only influenced by Schweinsteiger and Bommel, there is another midfielder who directly leverages Kroos’ outstanding development. A bit of a surprise, no big deal, his name is Tim Borrowski. Moving to Bayern Munich from Bremen in the summer transfer window of 2008, Borrowski did not contribute to Kroos’ professional development.

Simply, he sat in the position of the German midfielder previously on the bench. So, with the unstable mentality of a young age, Kroos found his way to Leverkusen in a loan contract in January 2009. Kroos should thank Borrowski, because his move to Leverkusen while the team was coached by Jupp Heynckes took him to new heights. After the second half of the 2008/2009 season getting used to the new training plan, the 2009/2010 season witnessed one of Kroos’s most explosive career in soccer.

Started 28 matches, scored 9 goals, and made 12 assists all season, including a period of 5 consecutive sublime matches with 5 goals plus 4 assists. In 2010, it was too much to give Kroos a ticket to the World Cup in South Africa. Even though he only played 4 times as a substitute, experiencing the atmosphere at the world’s largest playground created a big boost for the then 20-year-old player.

Toni Kroos was called back by Bayern Munich after the 2009/2010 season. But, the challenge of winning a starting spot in a competitive team like Bayern Munich is never simple. Kroos must retreat deeper and deeper into the home field to give space to the “true attacking midfielders” in Van Gaal’s eyes. Even his playing frequency on the field is not as regular as promised by the Board of Directors when bringing him back.

Bayern went empty-handed in Kroos’s first season back, the Gray Tigers lost both first and second legs in the 2010-2011 Bundesliga to Dortmund, and Van Gaal was naturally fired. Later, Van Gaal himself responded to the British press that Kroos was not and would never be part of the system he built.

In 2014, MU competed with Real Madrid in a mission to steal Kroos from Bayern Munich. And it was none other than Van Gaal, who caused MU to lose to Real Madrid right from the parking round. The board wanted it, but the coach didn’t like it. MU fans are probably crying because they missed out on one of the best midfielders of the 21st century.

Then, Jupp Heynckes arrived. And in just 2 years he was in Munich, things changed very quickly. The Bavarian giant reached the Champions League finals twice in a row (2012 and 2013). They were unlucky against Chelsea in the 11m series in 2012 but regained what they deserved after Robben’s delicate turn a year later against Dortmund at Wembley. No one understands Kroos better than Jupp Heynckes, he brought Javi Martinez to Alianz Arena, and that freed up a significant amount of work in the middle of the field for Kroos. In the 2012-2013 season, not only did he take care of coordinating the ball in the middle of the field, Kroos was also a real threat when appearing in front of the 16m50 area with a sweet heart.

In 2014, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge – the fastidious CEO of Munich caused trouble again, this time it was not Ballack like before, but Kroos.