Kroos' return with Germany, between head and family. He will do it 998 days after the last time, that defeat against England in the round of 16 of Euro 2021.
Kroos returns for football, because he is a "footballer at heart", because he believes that he can help his team, because physically he sees himself capable of enduring the Eurocup after the entire season with Madrid. But not for the family. "If it were for that, I wouldn't have come back," she said this week.