Julian Nagelsmann has not forgotten the penalty not called against Spain

Julian Nagelsmann does not forget. For its last Nations League match, Germany traveled to Hungary. While the national team led since the 76th minute and a goal from Félix Nmecha, the Hungarians benefited from a penalty in the last minutes of regulation time, after a handball from Robin Koch. Dominik Szoboszlai then deceived Alexander Nübel with a panelka to allow the two teams to end in a draw (1-1).

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But obviously, this whistled foul was not to Nagelsmann's taste. After the match, the former RB Leipzig coach compared this latest situation to the penalty not whistled for Germany against Spain during the last Euro. “ I asked if he had also watched the Spain match. He had no idea what I was talking about. The situation with Koch was not a fault for me, I would have said the same thing if it had been a Hungarian player. He put his arm back and pressed it against his body. You can't play football without arms. I would never have awarded this penalty. But when you rewatch this situation 48 times in slow motion, you feel like it's different. We can't wait to see what UEFA publishes on this in four months' time », quipped Nagelsmann to ZDF. Nothing to call into question the Germans' qualification for the quarter-finals. Hungary will compete in the play-offs to remain in League A.