Spain’s win over Germany in the 2024 European Championship was a brilliant, tense, end to end game that thrilled neutrals and justified its’ pre-match billing as potentially one of the best matches of the tournament.

Former Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos was frustrated when UEFA took three months to admit the referee error that did not give Germany a penalty in the Euro 2024 quarterfinal against Spain.

Spanish media published extracts from a leaked copy of UEFA's Referees' Committee report on Euro 2024, which said it highlighted the incident in the Germany versus Spain game as one which should have resulted in a spot-kick.

Germany were denied a penalty from Anthony Taylor in their Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain when Jamal Musiala's shot struck the arm of Spain defender Marc Cucurella

Toni Kroos came out of international retirement to play one last tournament for Germany, at their home European Championship. Persuaded to return by Julian Nagelsmann, the former Real Madrid star was arguably Die Mannschaft’s best player but now they face the difficult task of finding a replacement.

Spain’s win over Germany in the 2024 European Championship was a brilliant, tense, end to end game that thrilled neutrals and justified its’ pre-match billing as potentially one of the best matches of the tournament.

Former Germany player Toni Kroos has reacted with amusement and incomprehension to a report that the governing body UEFA had admitted to a major refereeing error in his last career match against Spain at Euro 2024.