Paris (AP) – Toni Kroos has announced that he has canceled his interview with ZDF.
“I don’t demand more respect. I only expected positive questions after winning the Champions League final,” said the ex-world champion after the 1-0 win in the Champions League final with Real Madrid against Liverpool during a further interviews. Instead, he was asked “why it was so difficult against Liverpool and why it was half happy. I didn’t think he did that well.”
ZDF sports director Thomas Fuhrmann finds the course of the much-discussed TV interview “regrettable”. “These situations right after the final whistle are always special,” said Fuhrmann of the German Press Agency. “Perhaps the colleague should have stuck to the emotions and got to the core of the game a little later. Basically, the questions were justified and there was no reason to break off the interview.”
Kroos complained about two ‘fucking questions’
Real Madrid midfielder Kroos broke off a TV interview with ZDF reporter Nils Kaben after beating Liverpool in the final. “You had 90 minutes to think of sensible questions and then you ask me two shitty questions,” replied the ex-world champion shortly after the game. The 32-year-old was asked if it was surprising that Real had come under so much pressure in the final at the Stade de France.