Matthäus: Germany’s penalty shouldn’t have been awarded, Kroos was lucky not to be sent off, don’t just blame the referee

Matthäus: Germany’s penalty shouldn’t have been awarded, Kroos was lucky not to be sent off, don’t just blame the refereeJuly 7th, German legend Lothar Matthäus wrote an article for “Sky Sports Germany”, expressing his opinion on the match between Spain and Germany.

“Spain has been excellent in this European Championship. It was a close and dramatic game, both teams gave everything. Germany did their best, they gave it all.”

“During the game, Germany was a bit too eager. We can’t say that the last-minute goal was bad luck. After all, Germany was lucky to equalize in the 90th minute.”

“There was a missed penalty for Germany in the game, and everyone is talking about this refereeing decision. Actually, I thought it was a penalty at the time. It was undoubtedly an expansion of the body’s defensive area, and it was definitely a penalty. But I heard that Füllkrug was offside beforehand, so Cucurella’s handball was void.”

“Don’t just blame the referee, we’ve been lucky. It was lucky that Kroos could stay on the field for 120 minutes. His foul on Pedri in the early stages of the game was a yellow-card offense.”

“If Kroos had received a yellow card at that time, he would have been more cautious with his actions afterwards, thus avoiding receiving a second yellow card and being sent off. So, the referee made some mistakes in the judgment of both sides.”

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