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Toni Kroos launches scathing attack on UEFA, Anthony Taylor and Stuart Attwell following leaked referee's report from controversial handball decision in Euro 2024 quarter-final

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<p>Germany felt they should have been given a spot kick in extra-time when Jamal Musiala's shot struck the arm of Marc Cucurella. Referee Anthony Taylor did not award a penalty and VAR Stuart Attwell chose not to overrule him. <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/spain-player-ratings-vs-germany-euro-2024-mikel-merino-rodri-dani-olmo/bltfc195324a0aa2842" target="_blank">Spain went on to beat Germany</a> and proceed to the semi-final, eventually becoming champions.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Now, a leaked report from UEFA's Referees' Committee on the summer tournament has generated outrage in Germany. The report highlights the Cucurella handball as one incident that should have ended in a penalty, sparking a frustrated response from Kroos.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>"It took them three months to realise that there was a handball, something that almost everyone could see in a second. That reassures me a lot (laughs)," he is quoted as saying by <a href="https://www.marca.com/futbol/seleccion/2024/09/24/66f2ad3de2704e517a8b4572.html" target="_blank"><em>Marca</em></a>. "Can I say that I am now European champion because it has been officially confirmed? I don't think so."</p>

WHAT KROOS SAID

<p>The 34-year-old <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/toni-kroos-retiring-real-madrid-legend-to-hang-up-his-boots-after-germany-euro-2024-campaign/blt7d6390c75be857bb" target="_blank">called time on his career</a> after that match. He bowed out of the game as a six-time Champions League winner, four-time La Liga champion and three-time Bundesliga winner at club level and won the 2014 World Cup with Germany.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR KROOS?

Toni Kroos launches scathing attack on UEFA, Anthony Taylor and Stuart Attwell following leaked referee's report from controversial handball decision in Euro 2024 quarter-final | Goal.com United Arab Emirates

Toni Kroos has mocked UEFA after a report said that Germany should have been awarded a penalty in their Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain.

Toni Kroos launches scathing attack on UEFA, Anthony Taylor and Stuart Attwell following leaked referee&apos;s report from controversial handball decision in Euro 2024 quarter-final