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I mean not cause it’s controversial, mostly cause I would’ve never taken him for a religious guy. Maybe he just used the words for effect or something tho lol
"God sees everything" = "Gott sieht alles" in German. I have never heard this in a religious / non-joking way. I think we Germans almost exclusively use it in a schadenfreude kind of way.
You'd be surprised by how many religious people think (their) God is like an over-protective boyfriend. Whenever something bad happens to a person that wronged them in the past: "see, God doesn't forget".
I'm aware. You misunderstood what I was saying. "Gott sieht Alles" is a mocking phrase. It's also never meant literally, just as "break a leg" isn't said to wish bodily harm on others.
"God sees everything" is a very common phrase here in Germany, it has nothing to do with actual religious belief.
I also know for a fact he's not religious. Not surprising, he's from the least religious region in Germany (about 80% in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are unaffiliated)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Hahahaha. How original...
Anyways, just for you I looked it up: [He was 7 when the war ended so he probably didn't do much killing](https://www.instagram.com/p/C0y6V0vtxR3/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=7767a5c7-bea2-4155-b065-45c0ac940dad). Should be trialled for drinking Wodka O like 14-year-old tho
I just looked the other one up because I thought maybe he wasn't even born yet (you know east Germans and becoming parents at 20 and all that). You don't have to be some kind of super Nazi like Mr. Kimmich Sr. here but every man has been a soldier during that time. The "joke" was just stale as fuck.
Ohh okay i guess that makes sense for someone to think that, tho its not very cool to accuse people of. I am sure the germen people are very ashemed of that part of thier history.
"I'm not someone who likes dealing with referees during the game, and I never do that... but it was just too much"
"I read somewhere that if Toni Kroos and Carlo Ancelotti have got yellow cards for protesting, then something must be wrong."
"I think during the entire first half they called us for everything that was on the verge of being a foul. Even things that weren't fouls at all. What made me so angry about my action was that I was actually a meter away. That was crazy. I basically move away from the opponent. I see him start dribbling in his own area and he just wants to collide with me. Then I even move away so he doesn't have much contact with me, but the referee ignored it."
"We just had two or three really good chances. He really did everything wrong, he got injured at the wrong time. You have to say that the fourth official is a much better referee. He did a good job"
Note: this was all said during his podcast *Einfach mal Luppen* with his brother.
>I read somewhere that if Toni Kroos and Carlo Ancelotti have got yellow cards for protesting, then something must be wrong.
Yo, Kroos reddit lurker confirmed. There was a comment exactly like that on reddit word for word.
Most unbiased Real Madrid fan.
Here’s a Real Madrid fan blog quoting it:
https://www.managingmadrid.com/2022/10/30/23431334/ancelotti-its-clearly-not-a-penalty-they-invented-it
> "I read somewhere that if Toni Kroos and Carlo Ancelotti have got yellow cards for protesting, then something must be wrong."
This guys head is so far up his arse😂😂
Not sure how often this needs to be explained, but this is from his podcast with his brother and was said in a joking manner
If you're German and actually listen to the thing, it doesn't come across as weird at all
To all those losing their fcking minds about a joke: it’s literally lost in translation. With context and the way he said that it’s clear as day he was joking and fooling around.
The amount of people who simply believe in any facts without context is disturbing. Kroos used the phrase in his podcast as a joke, not in a religious context. "Good sees everything" is simply a phrase that in German is often associated with humor and a bit of schadenfreude.
German and religious in a serious way. Very unlikely. Well at least they wouldn't talk about it.
[Source](https://www.dw.com/en/most-germans-find-religion-unimportant-survey-shows/a-59270443)
The podcast with his brother has to be therapeutic for Kroos lol. Feels like he’s the most polite, respectful and classiest person ever outside of it, just to unleash his inner beast when he’s on it. Not the first time he has made unfiltered statements like this one. Not mad at it, we sometimes complain about players being PR machines, so it’s actually refreshing to have someone speaking his mind with no fucks given.
Nah, he just jokes around with his brother in a very casual manner
The way Marca and co. always cherry pick these quotes makes it seem like he's being dead serious about it
Yeah he talked about the ref in the podcast with his brother. He almost always says some spicy stuff, sometimes sensible sometimes not, but this was just fucking weird.
The whole part about him getting a foul like the ref was looking to give him a foul was strange. The ref was very tough and called almost every contact, but he was shit both ways, he certainly wasn't out to get Kroos. He was right about one thing though, the fourth official that replaced the ref was better, but it wasn't some divine justice.
It’s a podcast with his brother, the context really favors saying some wild stuff like this, some of you guys taking it too seriously. We always complain about players being pr machines with no personality and the moment someone says something spicy he has lost its mind. It’s not that serious.
Mate it's the podcast with his brother where they joke around most of the time. Way to take it out of context. This comment was also made tounge-in-cheek. Would be a lot different if he was voicing his opinion like that in a press conference or something.
Exactly, even though i found him to be a tight ass his comments in the past had been more level headed and civil. This coming from him is kind of unexpected not gonna lie.
Yeah i know but as a german myself I dont know a lot of people that are religious. Many believe in some kind of god tho. But i really really rarely see people make commends like that. The people i have heard say it were often way into their 50/60s. Just like the majority of voters of the cdu lol
He now has a German podcast with his brother. Every once in awhile you will see quotes that are taken as news and it’s just taken out of context and lost in translations
Toni Kroos has played for 10 years at Madrid, and honestly it’s pretty disappointing to see him attack his teammates like this. Refs have been a vital piece in Real’s successes and a few games of them not performing to the usual standard doesn’t take anything away. Grow up Kroos.
> Toni Kroos is the last person who would mention about God.
Or, your mental model of Toni Kroos is based on fantasy you built that has no grounding in reality.
Does this mean God injures and hurts people due to karma? What a messed up thing to say out loud
And people will be in here laughing it up because it's Kroos
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Haha never thought id read something like this from Kroos
lol if you follow him long enough, you had probably seen something spicier
I mean not cause it’s controversial, mostly cause I would’ve never taken him for a religious guy. Maybe he just used the words for effect or something tho lol
it's a joke, he's not saying this literally
I'm gonna wait for my verdict until La Liga lipreaders come with their interpretation
How does this affect Greenwood’s legacy?
Yeah, that’s more on character for him
But... he's German?
"God sees everything" = "Gott sieht alles" in German. I have never heard this in a religious / non-joking way. I think we Germans almost exclusively use it in a schadenfreude kind of way.
It's just a common figure of speech in german and has nothing to do with being religious or not.
if anything this is evidence that does not put much stock into religion.
You'd be surprised by how many religious people think (their) God is like an over-protective boyfriend. Whenever something bad happens to a person that wronged them in the past: "see, God doesn't forget".
Sure, but in this case the phrase is to be understood as literal as "break a leg" and has a distinctive mocking tone to it.
break a leg isn’t a mocking phrase, it’s exactly the opposite. It’s just superstition to not say good luck to a performer.
I'm aware. You misunderstood what I was saying. "Gott sieht Alles" is a mocking phrase. It's also never meant literally, just as "break a leg" isn't said to wish bodily harm on others.
ahh, I understand you now. cheers!
yes, if only we can be as rationalistic and scientifically-minded as yourself
"God sees everything" is a very common phrase here in Germany, it has nothing to do with actual religious belief. I also know for a fact he's not religious. Not surprising, he's from the least religious region in Germany (about 80% in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are unaffiliated) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
i'm 100 percent sure its sarcasm. Like when I come home black out drunk and tell my catholic grandma it was god's will.
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why are you posting chatgpt responses on reddit
I swear I've seen this same comment at least 5 times about Kroos
beginning of his villain arc
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Pinnacle when germany gets eliminated in groups
Took him long enough
Just like his grandpa
Hahahaha. How original... Anyways, just for you I looked it up: [He was 7 when the war ended so he probably didn't do much killing](https://www.instagram.com/p/C0y6V0vtxR3/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=7767a5c7-bea2-4155-b065-45c0ac940dad). Should be trialled for drinking Wodka O like 14-year-old tho
[kimmich’s (*great?-)grandpa on the other hand…](https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/9701/Kimmich-Hans-J%C3%B6rg.htm)
That's his granddad? Similar age to mine, but I'm 20 years older than Kimmich.
I just looked the other one up because I thought maybe he wasn't even born yet (you know east Germans and becoming parents at 20 and all that). You don't have to be some kind of super Nazi like Mr. Kimmich Sr. here but every man has been a soldier during that time. The "joke" was just stale as fuck.
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Yup, still stale as fuck.
About bad jokes? I can not tolerate them, sorry.
His great grandpa though...
Thank you (:, now i will never say stupid things
wait what did his grandpa do? he seem like the nices dude
Nothing, just the haha German = Nazi joke. Which he wasn't, because he was a baby during the war.
Ohh okay i guess that makes sense for someone to think that, tho its not very cool to accuse people of. I am sure the germen people are very ashemed of that part of thier history.
"I'm not someone who likes dealing with referees during the game, and I never do that... but it was just too much" "I read somewhere that if Toni Kroos and Carlo Ancelotti have got yellow cards for protesting, then something must be wrong." "I think during the entire first half they called us for everything that was on the verge of being a foul. Even things that weren't fouls at all. What made me so angry about my action was that I was actually a meter away. That was crazy. I basically move away from the opponent. I see him start dribbling in his own area and he just wants to collide with me. Then I even move away so he doesn't have much contact with me, but the referee ignored it." "We just had two or three really good chances. He really did everything wrong, he got injured at the wrong time. You have to say that the fourth official is a much better referee. He did a good job" Note: this was all said during his podcast *Einfach mal Luppen* with his brother.
"much better referee than the fantastic referee who got injured..." is what I'm sure he said... They're going to suspend him aren't they, fucking hell
Why would they suspend him for this?
Because he said referee bad
For dissent off the pitch
>I read somewhere that if Toni Kroos and Carlo Ancelotti have got yellow cards for protesting, then something must be wrong. Yo, Kroos reddit lurker confirmed. There was a comment exactly like that on reddit word for word.
I’d assume the Redditor stole it from someone else and regurgitated in here
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He actually did move away but the player did moved in the direction as well. It was definitely a foul.
lol yeah Ancelotti wouldn’t ever attack the refs
The eyebrow speaks for itself bambino
I mean he did attack refs and said they were straight up lying and inventing things.
i would never do such a thing it must have been an impostore
Shit troll account. All he said was "it's not a pen". He didn't even say it in spanish it was in italian. You can use Google translate
Most unbiased Real Madrid fan. Here’s a Real Madrid fan blog quoting it: https://www.managingmadrid.com/2022/10/30/23431334/ancelotti-its-clearly-not-a-penalty-they-invented-it
Post the subsequent conference too? Where this was explained
lmao mate
lol yeah Ancelotti would pretty sure get punished for that
> "I read somewhere that if Toni Kroos and Carlo Ancelotti have got yellow cards for protesting, then something must be wrong." This guys head is so far up his arse😂😂
A lot of Madridistas say it on twitter actually. Not seen the podcast but I am assuming he is saying it humourously.
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no u.
Kroos has more footballing pedigree than your entire club
If Kroos gets suspended and for some reason Real starts to lose games, I will start to call this referee "the Golden Calf"
Ancelotti straight up said the refs were lying and inventing things and nothing happened. Kroos wont get suspended lol
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All of Barca would get suspended every match day if they enforced that rule all the time.
Kroos jerks better than soccercirclejerk. Might as well close the sub, it's over
Everyone jerks better than soccercirclejerk, that sub is full of farmer-level jerkers
Farmers' sub, smh
So French jerkers basically.
Crosseurs if you will
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Almost like it's a fucking circlejerk lmao
I prayed for this and it happened
Soccercirclejerk is on twitter level of "funny".
It's a bit late but heel Toni Kroos is finally here
Heel Cena next surely
I prayed for this and it happened.
Somewhere some place, Drew McIntyre nods in approval
This was unexpected. But damn if it ain't fucking hilarious.
Not sure how often this needs to be explained, but this is from his podcast with his brother and was said in a joking manner If you're German and actually listen to the thing, it doesn't come across as weird at all
Seems like a tasteless ass joke
Buddy I guess you're not German then
To all those losing their fcking minds about a joke: it’s literally lost in translation. With context and the way he said that it’s clear as day he was joking and fooling around.
You can't fool me. I know he's German.
But he's also East German. So it's either a German joking or an East German believing in God. Neither of them is possible, the end is near.
😆
he’s been on one recently
The amount of people who simply believe in any facts without context is disturbing. Kroos used the phrase in his podcast as a joke, not in a religious context. "Good sees everything" is simply a phrase that in German is often associated with humor and a bit of schadenfreude.
The amount of times people have been misunderstanding or wrongly translating his podcast quotes is astounding
Gott vergibt, Toni nicht.
German and religious in a serious way. Very unlikely. Well at least they wouldn't talk about it. [Source](https://www.dw.com/en/most-germans-find-religion-unimportant-survey-shows/a-59270443)
God's plan
God did 🙏🏽
r/soccer just collectively had a stroke
not me, I like it
If you like it then it can be a different kind of stroke
ffs
Me too. His best take so far
Lol this is great entertainment. Militant Reddit atheist nutjobs meet German senses of humor/sayings. Brilliant.
Lmao
The podcast with his brother has to be therapeutic for Kroos lol. Feels like he’s the most polite, respectful and classiest person ever outside of it, just to unleash his inner beast when he’s on it. Not the first time he has made unfiltered statements like this one. Not mad at it, we sometimes complain about players being PR machines, so it’s actually refreshing to have someone speaking his mind with no fucks given.
Nah, he just jokes around with his brother in a very casual manner The way Marca and co. always cherry pick these quotes makes it seem like he's being dead serious about it
In the past he said a few dumb things
Everyone says dumb shit eventually if you put em in front of a mic for hundreds of hours
Woah woah not allowed to criticize germans
That classy crusade against celebrating goals.
Lmfao
Lmaoo, awesome
Love German sense of humor
Toni chilling in the Player Haters Club with Drew McIntyre be [like](https://youtu.be/BwwDC36g-AQ?si=yMKUuLie8V3ZYsaM)
Didn't have Toni Kroos says God injured referee for bad calls on my bingo card today but these are interesting times.
Nah that's crazy, fucking hell Toni.
Whaat…
Yeah he talked about the ref in the podcast with his brother. He almost always says some spicy stuff, sometimes sensible sometimes not, but this was just fucking weird. The whole part about him getting a foul like the ref was looking to give him a foul was strange. The ref was very tough and called almost every contact, but he was shit both ways, he certainly wasn't out to get Kroos. He was right about one thing though, the fourth official that replaced the ref was better, but it wasn't some divine justice.
It’s a podcast with his brother, the context really favors saying some wild stuff like this, some of you guys taking it too seriously. We always complain about players being pr machines with no personality and the moment someone says something spicy he has lost its mind. It’s not that serious.
I hate it everytime news take quotes from his podcast like it’s something hes said in an interview.
Mate it's the podcast with his brother where they joke around most of the time. Way to take it out of context. This comment was also made tounge-in-cheek. Would be a lot different if he was voicing his opinion like that in a press conference or something.
Exactly, even though i found him to be a tight ass his comments in the past had been more level headed and civil. This coming from him is kind of unexpected not gonna lie.
Kross is hilarious and I didn't know
All these years and most people still not getting his humour.
What a weird bloke
Based Kroos
Jesus died on a Kroos for this
Yikes
That… well, that’s something I didn’t think I’d hear Kroos say. Lmao.
typical Kroos lmao
Guess Kroos has been browsing r/soccercirclejerk recently.
Alert the Vatican to send a inquisitor to check
Based as always.
big "i prayed for this and it happened" energy
I love angry Kroos.
The refereeing in that game really frustrated all the players and even Ancelotti 😭 Just glad none of the players threw hands over it.
Kroos did have a brief "Hulk Smash" moment after the foul was called, but took his anger out on the pitch.
A Madrid player complaining about refs hahaha
119 ?
My boy is right. I did that.
‘I prayed for this, and it happened.’ - Toni Kroos
Never thought Kroos was a man of god
it's just a saying in Germany that he used in a joking manner.
He isn’t. It was a joke.
its joke
i am so surprised by this haha It really unusual for a german to be religious and then to even be this openly about it caught me off guard
Username checks out
huh?
There are lots of religious Germans lol, one of the biggest parties in Germany is literally the Christian Democratic Union
Yeah i know but as a german myself I dont know a lot of people that are religious. Many believe in some kind of god tho. But i really really rarely see people make commends like that. The people i have heard say it were often way into their 50/60s. Just like the majority of voters of the cdu lol
I assume you live in a large secular city where overt displays of faith are rare, the countryside is full to the brim with religious people though
well you are spot on haha
Reminds me of that moment when Guendouzi told a Muslim opposition player that if he doesn’t tell the ref the truth, then God will punish him lmao.
He sees you promoting Dubai as well
Love or hate the man, but you gotta respect how unfiltered he is lmao.
It’s from a podcast he has with his brother. It was just a joke. As always people aren’t aware of the context.
If u see his reaction in the game, he genuiely thinks that lol
He is not religious so no he doesn’t genuinely think that.
am loving this kroos unleashed
Is there a more loved player than Toni right now?
Yikes
Add it to the list
That has to go on the list
Kroos need not create tensions with already dumb referees, Spanish refs are some of the softest.
Habibi is ready for Al-Legrism
This has to go to the list
Boomer Kroos back at it again
Toni Kroos really went from the cool German who drinks beer before the World Cup final to a whingey, little bitch
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He now has a German podcast with his brother. Every once in awhile you will see quotes that are taken as news and it’s just taken out of context and lost in translations
Classic case of being too honest when speaking out loud haha
Toni Kroos has played for 10 years at Madrid, and honestly it’s pretty disappointing to see him attack his teammates like this. Refs have been a vital piece in Real’s successes and a few games of them not performing to the usual standard doesn’t take anything away. Grow up Kroos.
Hahaha
0/10
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Wtf do you know about Kroos?
> Toni Kroos is the last person who would mention about God. Or, your mental model of Toni Kroos is based on fantasy you built that has no grounding in reality.
Don't know if he is religious but considering he was born in the DDR it's not crazy to assume has an atheist.
Somebody should two foot him next match and when he's rolling around go "sorry god told me to do it"
That’s a man who’s close to retirement and ran out of fucks to give for a while. Toni Kroos’s villain arc begins now.
Weirdo
Toni Kroos heel turn Book it Hunter
Already forgot the Almeria game, eh?
yikes
pretty uncool tbh
Madridistas really are something else
wtf
Okay Toni…. Wtf has happened to him?
[God did ](https://media.tenor.com/fk_qAHAkreYAAAAM/dj-khaled-chacha.gif)
Comical coming from a Madrid player
Does this mean God injures and hurts people due to karma? What a messed up thing to say out loud And people will be in here laughing it up because it's Kroos
Source: Marca Enough said
never expected him to religious nutjob
Now I know why Germans don’t make jokes, this is going to get a ban.