Kroos: Real Madrid is looking forward to qualifying for Europe as soon as possible

German Toni Kroos confirmed that his Real Madrid team wants to secure its qualification to the round of 16 of the European Champions League as soon as possible, following the 2-1 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine yesterday evening.

Real Madrid, the defending champion, maintained the full mark in the sixth group of the continental championship, thanks to the goals of Rodrygo and Vinicius Junior against Shakhtar.

Kroos told Movistar +, "The idea is to resolve our group stage campaign as soon as possible. We have nine points out of the nine possible points. We played three very good matches, and we are looking forward to a new victory in Warsaw." And the royal club meet again with Shakhtar this week. Next in Warsaw, after winning his first three group stage matches for the first time since the 2014/15 season.

"There are days when the ball won't hit the opponent's net, there are matches that you can finish winning 7-1 or something like that, but in the end it's three points, which is a deserved win," Kroos said.

"In the end, it's hard to believe that we won only 2-1, but there are days like this, the ball will go into the net in the next few matches," he explained.

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