'Playing Barcelona is never friendly' - Kroos ahead of pre-season Clasico - video Dailymotion

Real Madrid's Toni Kroos stated that there is 'never a friendly' when they face El Clasico rivals Barcelona

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00:00 game, special stadium. It's what this game deserves. I think maybe this is one of the

00:05 games that is not a friendly game. I think there's never a friendly game in a Clásico

00:10 or against Barcelona. Also, this game will help us to get the rhythm. It will be the third game,

00:15 I guess, for us there. I expect improvements, improvements of physical. We will be much

00:25 better. I think the team then had already two games to get together. After the summer,

00:32 it's always important to get the feeling back to play together. I hope we're on the point already

00:38 in this game against Barcelona to try some good football, to make a good game for our fans there

00:46 and win that game. Because, as I said before, there's never a friendly game against Barcelona.