Nagelsmann commented on the episode with Cucurella's hand play, after which they did not award a penalty to Spain

Germany's head coach Julian Nagelsmann was dissatisfied with the referee's actions in the match against Spain (1-2) in the quarterfinals of Euro 2024. In the 106th minute of the match at the score 1:1. Jamal Musiala hit directly into the hand of Mark Cucurella, who was in the penalty box. Head referee Anthony Taylor and his assistants on VAR did not see any infringement of the rules.

"I don't want to talk too much about it [hand play - ed.], but it would be nice if the intention was assessed. For example, if someone shoots into the stands and hits his hand, you would never get a penalty for that, but when the ball is clearly flying into the goal and hooks his hand, you can't talk about intent.

You have to see where the shot is aimed. We have 50 robots bringing us coffee, so there has to be AI calculating the tips, the kicks, where they're aimed. It's pretty straightforward. We should really evaluate where the kick is aimed, but that's not the only reason we lost the game

The whole game was too open, and then in the second half we responded well with our lineup and got into the game better. And after the 60th minute we were clearly the better team with many chances, scoring a deserved goal. Except for the first five minutes of the second half of extra time, we played well," ESPN quoted Nagelsmann as saying.