Kroos defends Taylor for missing Cucurella handball at Euro 2024

Toni Kroos has defended referee Anthony Taylor for missing Marc Cucurella’s handball astatine Euro 2024.

Germany were knocked retired by nan eventual winners successful nan quarter-finals, though things could person been different had nan Premier League charismatic spotted nan arguable incident astatine 1-1 successful extra-time.

Spain would yet spell connected to triumph 2-1, scoring very precocious connected and marking nan extremity of Germany’s tourney connected location soil.

It was Kroos’ past quality successful shot earlier retiring, having decided to telephone it clip for some nine and state this summer.

And nan seasoned is not holding thing against Taylor for his misjudgement.

Speaking connected his podcast his podcast Einfach mal Luppen, he said: “I’ve held backmost truthful far.

“I person to say, I didn’t spot it successful nan crippled astatine all. I wasn’t successful a position to spot that it was a comparatively clear handball.

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— Toni Kroos (@ToniKroos) July 6, 2024

“At that infinitesimal you are not truthful angry pinch nan referee because you cannot judge it yourself.

“Of people I past paid attraction to nan referee. He was of nan sentiment that he did not moreover person to look astatine it, aliases alternatively nan video referee was of nan sentiment that he should show him: ‘You do not person to look astatine it, it is not handball’,” Kroos continued.

“I only sewage angry erstwhile I saw it aft nan game. I deliberation he should person astatine slightest watched it. But I deliberation nan problem is: he knew that if he watched it, he would person to springiness it.

“And I had nan emotion that he didn’t really want to springiness it successful a crippled for illustration that.

“The referees themselves don’t cognize 100% really nan mentation is successful this case.

“In hindsight, it’s evidently bitter erstwhile you spot nan full result aliases nan value of a extremity astatine that point. In nan end, each we could do was judge it.”

Kroos won everything but nan European Championship successful his career.

He vanished his nine profession by winning nan Champions League pinch Real Madrid, making it 34 trophies successful total.

He will possibly look backmost pinch regret that he wasn’t capable to complete nan group pinch Germany, but he did triumph nan World Cup pinch them successful 2014.