Germany supervisor Julian Nagelsmann has railed towards the decison to not award his facet 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 additional time at 1-1, just for Spain’s Mikel Merino to attain a 119th-minute winner.
Nevertheless, the sport might have been set on a special course had Germany’s appeals for a penalty not been waved away when the ball struck Marc Cucurella‘s hand in additional time.
Nagelsmann criticised the choice, saying the influence of the potential handball — stopping a shot that was destined to be on track — ought to be considered, including that trendy expertise might make the method seamless.
“I do not wish to discuss an excessive amount of about it [the handball],” Nagelsmann stated, “however it could be good if it could be assessed what’s the intention. It isn’t 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 aim and hits a hand, you may’t discuss intention.
“You need to see the place the shot is aimed. We now have 50 robots bringing us espresso, so there ought to be an AI calculating crosses, pictures, the place they’re going. It is fairly easy. We must always actually assess the place the shot goes, however that isn’t the one motive we misplaced the sport.”
Nagelsmann congratulated Spain on their victory, however was bitterly disillusioned for his gamers after the massive effort they put in.
“The entire sport 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 crew with many clear possibilities and in the direction of the top I believe that we scored was nicely deserved.
“Aside from 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 hopes his squad will also be a uniting power within the nation.
“I believe what was reproached in the direction of the nationwide crew previously, that they did not wish to win, that they did not present sufficient will to win, I believe as we speak you could not see that for one second,” he stated.
“The gamers invested all the pieces 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 claimed in too many conditions, many conditions with a really darkish perspective.
“I hope that this symbiosis between soccer supporters and the nationwide crew can occur additionally within the midst of our society, that we perceive as a society that we will create one thing, that we will transfer issues.”
Info from Reuters contributed to this report.