Toni Kroos fired back at Mason Mount over the Chelsea midfielder's comments following the Champions League semi-final.
Toni Kroos hit back at Mason Mount after the Chelsea midfielder took exception to the Real Madrid star's comments ahead of their Champions League semi-final second leg.
Kroos said prior to Madrid's 2-0 defeat to Chelsea on Wednesday that he "never lost sleep" over an opponent during his illustrious 15-year career.
Mount made note of that remark after Chelsea advanced 3-1 on aggregate to set up a Champions League final showdown against Premier League rivals Manchester City.
"I saw one of their players say before that he doesn't lose sleep over individuals," Mount told CBS Sports.
"But I think as a team, they need to lose sleep over us as a team."
Kroos responded in a tweet on Thursday, paying a sharp-edged compliment in the process.
"Still sleeping ok. But well done yesterday. congrats," he tweeted.
"Good luck in your first CL final."
The allusion in Kroos' final sentence seemed clear enough.
While the 22-year-old Mount will be playing for the Champions League title for the first time, Kroos already has won four of his own.
The 31-year-old earned the crown in 2013 with Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and three in succession from 2016-2018 with Madrid.
Kroos is also a World Cup winner with Germany.
D1-ng
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Mount to Kroos °°°we dnt live in the past anymore! 🚆🛫We move...
Likbcirstz
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shouldn't start celebrating yet when he has won nothing and been hyped cos he is English, respect Toni. because will never reach his level wether he is 22 not
SayonBhattacharjee
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Bottom line is that it's no place for mount to comment or rather impose his opinion on who needs to sleep over and who doesn't when facing Chelsea. Instead he should be humbled that his team were able to defeat madrid(which is a hell lot more glorious of a club) as a unit and not be overconfident in his statements. Remember when kimmich got overconfident about his club before facing psg? yeah they got knocked out , that's what happens in real life.Karma will come right back at you to bite in the ass. It's pretty clear here that mason tried to act smart by taking a dig at kroos's statement which was completely unnecessary , you don't see many players taking sly digs at opponents (may it be bitter rivals) and for mason to do this just goes to show his unprofessionalism which will absolutely not take him far in his professional life. Now for all the chelsea fans who're supporting this act of his ,just pray to god everyday that yall win this final after 9 freaking long ass years. cuz if you don't yall are gonna look like big jokers not to forget the chance of winning anything for the next coming decade will be slim to none. Good luck indeed yall gonna need it badly
Hombeimor
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all i knw Madriddogs can cry me heaven dey re alrdy dump out by the brilliant giant killers and mind you kroos u re nt God u cant see the future,so you dnt knw what mount will be come in future so quiet ur big mouth after all you started frm somewhere bfo for u get to where u re today so dnt be arrogant, am sure at mount age u were nt anywhere at his level at all jus appreciate God for ur career dan comin here to talk rubbish wining the ucl 4 times is nt ur makin is jus God grace cos dey re lots of legends who play dis game better dan u to the highest level but dey nva won it...so dnt be proud dude..
suhabcnst
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All of them were busy hating CR7 because he’s a genius and a talented player, now he’s gone where is the championships league? You wouldn’t have had those three without Christaino. Real Madrid is now just like other teams without Ronaldo such will also be applicable with Barca, if they like they can prove it by winning championships league without these INVISIBLES. If Chelsea knocked you out of champ lg on 3:1 agg it simply means Porto is a better team now so forget your past man. Call back that Ronaldo you(Kroose), Ramos, Isco and hates to save you now, big mouthed players look at how you just degrade yourself to a little boy. 😅😅😂
maddykaka22
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Who the hell does mount think he is talking to ?? He is champions league (Kroos) winner on 4 occasions with RM , & he has won nothing.. a kid in his shorts 🩳..
Bayabemsuz
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FACTS!!! do you know that english clubs put together have exactly THIRTEEN[13] champions league trophies??? the useless madrid fc you so well claim and insult has same number.yes english clubs are doing so so well,but it’s what we’ve grown to see and it’s just an episode of the entire movie.don’t forget spanish teams dominated europe for over nine years. was ronaldo playing for madrid fc and earning salaries from a different club.has juventus not struggled even with ronaldo in it???such is the game of football,you get the right combination,and you’re the best there is.real madrid fc is just so luck and blessed to have been organizing the right team for the past decades and century and so you don’t insult them cos ronaldo is no more with them. have you not noticed that world’s greatest footballers; maradona, zidane, ronaldo nazario, ronaldinho, figo, beckham, carlos, ronaldo,messi, neymar, alfredo, puscas, owen, you can continue, always end up playing in spain 🇪🇸 than in most to other countries??? every genius wants to be part of history for the good reason. YOU ARE SIMPLE COMPARING “FORM” TO “CLASS”.
TrevorR
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Kroos deserves what he got because being disrespectful to his fellow ballers has been more of a habit lately. "I saw one of their players say before that he doesn't lose sleep over individuals," Mount told CBS Sports. "But I think as a team, they need to lose sleep over us as a team." Were Mount’s exact words and for me I think Kroos was the one being disrespectful to his opponents and caring less about how Madrid fans feel when the team loose. He made similar poor comments about Aubamiyang style of celebrating goals. Kroos’ career has reach a high level but that doesn’t mean he should look down on the threat of his opponents. I think his mentality is one of the reasons Germany and Madrid results are looking bad compared to before. Messi and Ronald are who they are because of their approach of not overlooking any opponents. "Good luck in your first CL final." Is a response that should never come from a professional of Kroos level. When Mourinho sad he alone has won 3 premiership titles more than the total premiership titles all the other managers in the league won combined, everyone branded him as arrogant or disrespectful but Kroos saying such a thing and all of a sudden he has had a bright career and nobody should speak against him?
sakbdenpuy
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those defending mount that is younger than kroos are idiots, kroos before that age already had trophies, he has won four UCL's with two different clubs, a world cup winner, he as appeared in world best eleven for more than seven times. what will mount table and all those achievements are not denied to players under 23. mount should lie low like a sealed envelope and respect legends
AkshitAnand
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shut up you fool Toni didn't respect us as a club and you're here saying trash
He still respected you guys when he gave a reply to Mount's statement and he even mentioned that he felt really bad when he lost the finals against Chelsea. He clearly showed respect