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![🚨 Toni Kroos on Yan Diomande’s performance against Barcelona: “what impressed me most wasn’t even his dribbling. It was how comfortable he looked playing in a match of that magnitude. People sometimes underestimate how difficult El Clasico can be for a young player. You can be excellent in training, play well against other teams, and then suddenly find yourself making decisions you wouldn’t normally make because you’re worried about losing the ball. But Yan didn’t seem to have that problem. I remember something Carlo Ancelotti used to tell us before these matches. He’d say, ‘Don’t start playing a different kind of football just because the opponent is Barcelona. Trust what you know.’ And I think Diomande understood that. There was a moment when he received the ball with two Barcelona players closing him down. He could’ve played a simple pass backwards, nobody would’ve complained. Instead, he tried to get past them. Now, whether he succeeded or not wasn’t really the important part for me. It was the fact that he recognised an opportunity to attack and had the confidence to attempt it. That’s something you cannot easily teach. Of course, there were moments when his decision making could’ve been better. He had a good chance to score, and there was another situation where Mbappe made a run that he didn’t recognise. Those things will improve with experience. But I would be much more concerned about a young winger who gets everything right because he’s too frightened to try anything difficult. What I particularly liked was what happened when he lost possession. He didn’t stand there looking disappointed. He immediately tried to recover the ball. And then, when Madrid had possession again, he wanted it. I remember playing with young players who would make one mistake and spend the next ten minutes avoiding responsibility. You could see them looking for the safest possible pass. With Yan, it was almost the opposite. He’d make a mistake, and the next time the ball came towards him, he’d try something again. That’s a very good mentality to have. With Vini, the competition is healthy, especially at Real Madrid. If a young player gets an opportunity and performs like Diomande did, then he deserves to be taken seriously. And there’s something else. When a young player starts an El Classico because somebody else is unavailable, the usual question is whether he can handle the occasion. Watching Diomande, I found myself thinking about something different. What happens when he gets another 50 or 60 matches at this level? Because the confidence is already there. The ability is clearly there. What he needs now is experience, better decisions in the final third, and consistency. If he develops those things, Madrid will have a very serious player. And I think the most encouraging part is that he didn’t look like somebody who was simply grateful to be playing against Barcelona. He looked like somebody who believed he belonged on that pitch. For a young player at Real Madrid, that’s a very important difference.” [ This is the source @ChinoUTD ]#realmadrid #barcelona #realmadridfc #creatorsearchinsights #capcut](/video/cover/7700753056224316680.webp)
