2 days Ago By CSmith1919
Former Bayern Munich coach and current German national team boss Julian Nagelsmann has to feel snakebitten when it comes to handballs this year. For the second time in 2024, the coach felt like his team was on the wrong side of a handball call as defender Robin Koch was whistled for an infraction in the waning minutes of extra time, which set up a game-tying penalty kick by Dominik Szoboszlai to close the game at 1-1. Nagelsmann does not blame Koch at all, though.
Instead he went back to the crucial penalty no-call in Germany’s EURO 2024 quarterfinal exit to Spain, which UEFA later determined was ruled incorrectly . “I asked the referee if he had watched the game against Spain. But he didn’t quite understand what I meant,” said Nagelsmann (as captured by @iMiaSanMia ).
“For me, that’s not handball at all. Robin [Koch] turns away and pulls his arms towards his body. I would never have given a penalty.
“I also think it’s crazy that VAR sent him [referee] to the monitor. Even with 47 slow-mo replays the action always looks the same..
. Normally the VAR has to say: let the game continue. It’s a blatantly clear wrong decision.
I’m curious to see what UEFA will publish about this in four months.” we're not bitter we're not bitter — Bavarian Football Works (@bavarianfbworks.bsky.
social) 2024-11-20T01:24:35.419Z In the end, the yellow card to Florian Wirtz (who will be suspended for the next match), probably hurt more than getting a draw vs. Hungary.
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