2024-07-16 15:37:10
Germany fans can’t help but boo Marc Cucurella in the European Championship final. Tom Bartels chooses clear words towards that whistling.
Berlin – “United by Football. United at the heart of Europe.” That’s the official slogan European Championship in Germany. From the point of view of some die-hard fans, “unified” is not for everyone. They also whistled the Spaniard Marc Cucurella several times in the European Championship final. ARD commentator Tom Bartels burst his collar at the first whistle. He followed up later.
Bartels defends Cucurella in the European Championship final: “What should he do?”
It was the sixth minute of the game when Spain’s goalkeeper Marc Cucurella was fouled in the English penalty area. It didn’t take long before whistles could be heard in the stadium. Cucurella was probably still blamed by German fans for asking for a penalty in the quarter-finals.
Commentator Tom Bartels recorded the whistles and said there were fewer than in the Spanish semi-final, but “still a few”. The behavior of the fans at the semi-finals in Munich was “disgraceful”. “Just because of his handball against Germany. But what should he do? If he had said ‘Referee, that would have been a clear penalty’. So it’s really funny and sad that some people don’t want to understand it.”
Television expert Thomas Hitzlsperger agreed with Bartels and also criticized the behavior of the viewers: “It is very unfair that it is being perpetuated.” with provocative notice.
Tom Bartels criticized the whistles aimed at Marc Cucurella in the European Championship final. © IMAGO / Ulrich Wagner and IMAGO / MIS
Bartels criticized whistles several times in the European Championship final
However, it did not stop the whistles in the opening minutes. In the 21st minute, Cucurella kept the ball again for a long time and the whistle concert started again, this time even louder than before. And Bartels? He repeatedly criticized that showed unsportsmanlike behavior.
“The whistles are really funny. I’ll tell you again, but what does Cucurella have to blame himself?” he asked the audience. Of course, says Bartels, it would be nice “if Germany played here , but other people have to decide whether or not there are penalties.”
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Bartels praises the Spanish fans’ reaction to the whistles
Bartels saw clear unsportsmanlike behavior in the behavior of the whistling fans: “It’s very bitter that fairness is sacrificed to whistle someone who is playing an otherwise great tournament.” He was praised by the reaction of the Spanish fans who Cucurella immediately started singing: “It’s great that the Spanish fans are celebrating him immediately.” (sch)
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