Germany supervisor Julian Nagelsmann railed in opposition to the choice to not award his aspect a handball in Friday’s Euro 2024 quarterfinal defeat to Spain that noticed the hosts exit the competitors.
Germany equalised within the 89th minute to ship the sport to further time at 1-1, just for Spain’s Mikel Merino to attain a 119th-minute winner.
Nonetheless, the sport may have been set on a distinct course had Germany’s appeals for a penalty not been waved away when the ball struck Marc Cucurella’s hand in further time.
Nagelsmann criticised the choice, saying the affect of the potential handball — stopping a shot that was destined to be on course — needs to be considered, including that trendy expertise may make the method seamless.
“I do not wish to discuss an excessive amount of about it [the handball],” Nagelsmann stated, “however it might be good if it might be assessed what’s the intention. It is not potential in soccer if somebody shoots into the stand and hits a hand, it is by no means [a penalty], however when [the ball is] clearly going in the direction of purpose and hits a hand, you may’t discuss intention.
“It’s important to see the place the shot is aimed. We’ve 50 robots bringing us espresso, so there needs to be an AI calculating crosses, photographs, the place they’re going. It is fairly easy. We should always actually assess the place the shot goes, however that isn’t the one cause we misplaced the sport.”
Nagelsmann congratulated Spain on their victory however was dissatisfied for his gamers after the large effort they put in.
“The entire recreation was too open, after which within the second half, we reacted with our personnel in a great way and we got here higher into the sport,” Nagelsmann stated. “And after the sixtieth minute, we have been clearly the higher workforce with many clear probabilities and in the direction of the top I believe that we scored was nicely deserved.
“Excluding the primary 5 minutes of the second half of additional time, I believe it was nearly solely us who needed to win.”
Regardless of the hosts’ exit from the event, the supervisor was optimistic about how they approached Euro 2024 and stated that he hopes his squad can be a uniting pressure within the nation.
“I believe what was reproached in the direction of the nationwide workforce up to now, that they did not wish to win, that they did not present sufficient will to win, I believe at present you could not see that for one second,” Nagelsmann stated.
“The gamers invested every thing on the pitch. I stated to them they need to take that with them, that we’re a rustic the place an excessive amount of is alleged in too many conditions, many conditions with a really darkish perspective.”
“I hope that this symbiosis between soccer supporters and the nationwide workforce can occur additionally within the midst of our society, that we perceive as a society that we are able to create one thing, that we are able to transfer issues,” he added.
Data from Reuters contributed to this report.