Toni Kroos is a pretty useful fellow for Germany to have around in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Belgium. Not only does the playmaker have the experience of reaching the semi-finals last season, but his talent is such that FC Bayern München coach Ottmar Hitzfeld has already identified youth player Kroos as a prospect for the future and invited him to senior training. Powerful shot Kroos's performance last night in the opening Group A encounter against Ukraine justified Hitzfeld's good opinion. Kroos pulled the strings for his side in Eupen, and late on secured a more than deserved 2-0 win with a powerful shot that would probably have made its way over the nearby German border had the net not stopped the ball in its tracks. "It was a great ball from Kevin Wo
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e," Kroos told uefa.com. "I just hit it perfectly - I could not have struck it any better. The victory was deserved. We played better than Ukraine - we played well from the start. Ukraine had few chances to score so I am very satisfied." Russia defeat A year ago in Luxembourg, Germany also began with a fine win, with Kroos converting a penalty in a 4-0 defeat of Belgium, but after reaching the semi-finals they fell to a late goal by surprise champions Russia. Kroos is still driven by the memory of that loss. "We were better than Russia last year," he said. "We were unlucky to lose and I am very motivated to win. That's certainly possible with this team, but there are hard matches to come against France and Spain so we have to improve." Modest Kroos knows that he has an important role to play in that - but steps back from marking himself out as the key man. "Naturally I have the most experience but I am just one member of the team," he said. "I can help the team with that experience, but I am just one of them." Bayern ambition Though Kroos has already played a friendly with the Bayern first team he is modest about his status at the club. "We are going for the youth championship in Germany," he said. "I hope to be in the reserves next year and then maybe in the next few years I will be in the Bayern first team." Kroos clearly has hit feet on the ground but there is no doubt he is reaching for the stars.

托尼克罗斯是德国队参加在比利时举行的17岁以下欧青赛不可或缺的人物.不仅是因为这位中场进攻的发起者在上赛季有着闯入半决赛的经验,更是因为他非凡的才能.拜仁慕尼黑的主教练希斯菲尔德已经将其视做球队的未来,并邀请他进入一队训练. 有力的射门 克罗斯在A组对抗乌克兰的首场比赛中的表现证明希帅的看法是
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.克罗斯在比赛中那一记有力的射门使得比分并不只是2:0那么简单.这记惊世骇俗的远射一路向前,穿过德国队边路球员,大家目送着它飞入球门." Kevin Wolze的传中太漂亮了,"托尼告诉欧足联官网,"我只是很好的射门--我甚至不能将其做得更好.这场胜利是理所当然的,我们比乌克兰踢得好,我们从一开始就有着出色的发挥.乌克兰几乎没有射门的机会,这让我很满意." 败于俄罗斯 一年前,在卢森堡,德国也有着一个不错的开局---德国队在首场比赛中便以4:0的大比分战胜比利时,托尼有着一个进球.但闯入半决赛之后,他们输在了俄罗斯---这个令人意外的冠军的迟来的进球.克罗斯至今仍难以摆脱那次糟糕的回忆."去年我们比俄罗斯要强,"他说,"很不幸,我们还是输了.但这更激发了我们要赢得胜利的斗志.这对我们德国队来说是很有可能的.但是今年,我们与法国、西班牙之间会有几场激烈的比赛,因此我们仍需不断提升自身实力." 谦虚的球员 克罗斯承认自己在比赛中扮演着很重要的角色,但他并不愿意将自己说成是"关键先生"."尽管我是队中最有经验的,但我并不是队中唯一的球员."他说,"我可以用我的经验来帮助球队,但我只是整支队伍中的一员." 冲刺拜仁 尽管克罗斯已经踢入了拜仁一队,但说到其在队中的地位,他还是一如既往的谦卑."我们将要开始德国的青年锦标赛,"他说,"我希望能在预备队尽我所能,也许很快我就可以进入拜仁一线对的."克罗斯脚踏实地,但毫无疑问,他正在逐渐成长为下一个闪耀的明星.

希望他一直保持这么高的竞技状态~!支持他!