By Gura Garcia
Sep 24, 2024, 08:44 AM EDT
Former Real Madrid and Germany national team player Toni Kroos had words on the recent report of the UEFA Referees Committee, in which it was considered that the handball of the Spanish full-back Marc Cucurella inside the area in a Euro 2024 match, after Musiala’s shot, was totally punishable and therefore, the British main referee Anthony Taylor should have sanctioned it as a penalty kick.
Kroos spoke clearly and directly
Kroos, who is one of the leaders of German football and participated in the match where Spain ended up eliminating Germany in the Euro Cup held in his nation, already had some strong critical words about Cucurella’s action and has now referred to what was announced by the Referees Committee: “It took them three months to realise there was a hand, something that almost everyone could see in a second. “That reassures me a lot (laughs). Can I say that I am now European champion because it has been officially confirmed? I don’t think so,” said the German during the commentary of an ‘Icon League’ match (his league similar to the Kings League) and as reported by Bild.
A stained and painful farewell in Germany
The former Real Madrid player has always been heavily criticized for an action that resulted His last game as a professional player and the most painful thing was the context: representing Germany, in his country, for a place in the semi-finals and the chance to be crowned champion of the European Championship, the perfect farewell.
“I have been holding back until today… I was not in a position to see that it was a relatively clear handso I wasn’t upset with the referee at the time. Of course, I paid attention to the referee afterwards. He was of the opinion that I didn’t even have to look at it. I just got angry when I saw it afterwards, so… let’s leave it at that,” he told his brother Toni, weeks after the championship, on the podcast ‘Einfach mal Luppen’. At the time he also shared that he felt totally cheated by the head judge: “I put my faith in him wrongly on the pitch. I think I should have at least looked at him.” But I think the problem is that I knew that if I looked at it, I had to give it. The referees themselves don’t know 100 percent what the interpretation is. In the end, all we could do was accept it.”
“We have been deceived…”
Lothar Matthäus, a living legend of world and German football, has always been known for being very acidic, direct and upfront in his analyses, and on this occasion he did not mince his words when assessing the fact.: “If it is true that UEFA now admits that it was a wrong decision, “It is obvious that we have been deceived! The alleged instruction was just an excuse. It is really a shame that we now admit what everyone saw then,” the German legend said in statements collected by Bild.
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