Kroos and Cucurella’s hand: ‘The referee knew that if he looked at it he would have to award a penalty’

It’s been almost two weeks since Germany’s elimination at the hands of Spain, but The Eurocup host country continues to be outraged by to the lack of a penalty after Marc Cucurella’s handball. The latest to speak out on the matter was the former Real Madrid player. Toni Kroos, for whom the 2-1 defeat was the last game of his football careerIn the podcast “Einfachmal luppen”, which he shares with his brother Felix, Toni got wet and joined in criticising referee Anthony Taylor.

Until now, Kroos has remained silent about the incident. However, he has finally decided to express his opinion on the matter.I’ve held back until today, even in the last podcast we said we weren’t going to talk about it.” he said, and then clarified: “I was angry when I saw him after the game.” At the end of the last sentence, Kroos took a deep breath and added with obvious irritation: “Let’s leave it there.”

In the match, Kroos was not angry with the referee because he “could not assess the situation. I must say that during the game I did not see it clearly. “I did not have the opportunity to see that it was a fairly clean hand.” However, Kroos did offer an idea as to why Taylor did not point to a penalty: “I noticed the referee, he didn’t think he needed to review it, and the VAR assistant thought the same. and made it clear to him that there was no need to check, that it was not a hand. I think it was necessary to at least reconsider,” Kroos emphasized and concluded with a sharp accusation: “I think the problem was that I knew if I reviewed it I’d have to give it away, and I felt like I didn’t want to miss out on a game like that.“.

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