Germany held their first training session on Wednesday after arriving in Russia on Tuesday.

"Everything is OK with us in Vatutinki. We have an opportunity to spend our free time and do something besides training... The atmosphere is great here, the hotel is good... we are working, and there is a good working atmosphere here," Kroos told journalists.

On Wednesday, Germany head coach Joachim Low said that the grass at the team’s training ground was a little bit too long but the training center was "very good" overall.

"The grass was cut today so everything is good now. It was not a mistake... it is just that our team prefers shorter grass... We got what we asked for," the 28-year-old midfielder added.

The FIFA World Cup gets underway later on Thursday, with the final set to be played on July 15.

Germany have been drawn in Group F and will play Mexico at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday, before taking on Sweden in Sochi on June 23 and South Korea in Kazan on June 27.