There will not be another time,” wrote the 31-year-old Real Madrid player on Twitter. “He made me a national team player and a world champion. We wrote a success story together.”Loew first picked Kroos for a friendly against Argentina in 2010. He went on to play a bit-part in that year’s World Cup campaign in South Africa when the Germans finished third. Four years later he was a key component, playing every minute of every game and scoring twice in the 7-1 semi-final demolition of hosts Brazil, as Loew’s side lifted the World Cup trophy.

Source: The Guardian July 02, 2021 14:26 UTC