Kroos reveals that he was replaced in the classic by the entry of 'Auba'

Madrid, 23 Mar Toni Kroos, German midfielder for Real Madrid, revealed in the podcast that he publishes with his brother 'Simply Mal Luppen', that his change to the classic halftime was due to the hard entry of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, for which he had to be stitched in the tibia. It was an action that provoked the protest of the players of Real Madrid, the hard entry of 'Auba' when the match was still tied to zero, for which they called for the expulsion of the striker from Barcelona but left without any sanction. “I had a wound and they had to sew my tibia with three stitches,” Kroos revealed on his podcast. “I saw that I was bleeding, but I didn't really notice it in the match,” he added. The German midfielder witnessed the second part of a “very bitter” classic that he said he opted for the first goal. “After 0-1 the match went in one direction and it was disappointing. We were very weak until the end.” As if that were not enough, Kroos had to pass the anti-doping control with the Brazilian Vinícius Junior. “In addition to the result and the injury, my night was completed when the doctor told me I had doping control. He found me with Pique and Jordi Alba. We don't talk. Vinicius and I were the losers and I was looking forward to getting out of there.” Despite the tough rout in the Santiago Bernabeu classic, Kroos sent a message of calm to Madrid and valued the season positively, with two months ahead to fight for an exciting double. “We have to raise our heads again. Everyone would have signed at the beginning of the season to be as we are. The season has been very good so far, we are doing very well and there are two months left in which we cannot allow what happened to change our course. We have a lot of possibilities for titles,” he said.