When Real Madrid players came out of the tunnel to begin the second half of El Classico, one player stayed in the locker room. Already trailing 2-0 against Barcelona, coach Carlo Ancelotti had to make some urgent changes, but eyebrows was raised when the announcer said that Tony Kroos was substituted at halftime. In reality, it was just the beginning of a horrible night for the German international, which started with a bleeding injury, continued with a substitution and three stitches, and ended with a humiliating 4-0 defeat and sitting with bitter rival in the same room for 90 minutes.Xavi reveals real Real: Weak without Benzema, no quality subsKroos was in Real’s first 11 when they won at Kamp Nou 2-1 and defeated Barca 3-2 in the Super Cup this season, so this proper thrashing was a painful experience. But the worst was to come after the game, which he revealed in ‘Einfach mal Luppen’, the podcast he hosts with his brother, Felix.”I had a wound and they had to sew up my tibia with three stitches. I saw that I was bleeding but I didn’t really notice it in the game. In addition to the result and the injury, my night was over when the doctor informed me that I had a doping control. That rounded off the night, sitting there for an hour and a half in doping control. I found myself with Gerard Pique and Jordi Alba. We don’t speak. Vinicius Junior and I were the losers and I was looking forward to getting out of there” admitted the German.(1.40) PORTUGAL (4.90) TURKEY (9.00) After the defeat, Real is still 12 points ahead of Barca (who has a game in hand) and El Classico result might not hurt Madrid’s title ambition after all, but another bad result could shake things up, and Kroos is aware of that.”We have to raise our heads again. Anyone would have signed at the start of the season to be where we are. The season has been very good so far, we are doing very well and there are still two months left where we cannot allow what has happened to change our course. We have a lot of opportunities for titles” said Real’s midfielder.
