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Berlin (dpa) - Football national player Toni Kroos has no problem with Germany not being treated as one of the title contenders before the EM in the summer.
"The general tenor is that we are currently not among the favorites," said the 31-year-old professional from the Spanish record champions Real Madrid in an interview with the pay TV broadcaster Sky.
You don't need the role before a tournament, he added, referring to the World Cup three years ago in Russia that was screwed up from a German perspective.
«We went there in 2018 as one of the favorites.
But that didn't get us at all. "
However, Kroos has a lot of confidence in the current DFB team at the pan-European EM, even if the preliminary round in Munich is against world champions France and European champions Portugal.
"I want to win every tournament I start," the 2014 world champion clarified.
"If I have the goal of getting into the quarter-finals beforehand, then I definitely won't get any further than the quarter-finals."
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Of course, his goal is to «win the title at this European Championship too.
We don't need to talk about the problem, ”said the midfielder.
"We have to be good from the start in order to only play a role"
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