German media have censored the continuous whistles given to goalkeeper Marc Cucurella by local Munich fans during the semi-final between Spain and France, due to the alleged handball penalty missed by the referee in the quarter-final against the host team.
Kickthe clearest of all, describing the German reaction as “disgraceful, silly and contrary to fair play”. “Thousands of fans wearing the white and pink jersey of the German DFB kept whistling at Marc Cucurella. Even when he was only on the ball to touch it, that is, only for a fraction of a second. “This is embarrassing and silly at the same time,” he declares.
Kicker emphasizes that Germany’s end “is not the fault of the left-back with curling curlsbut from a completely wrong interpretation of a hand rule that has been too complicated in recent years” and says that “celebrating and recognizing victories is part of the sport.”
“Whoever behaves like this, who constantly whistles at a player who leaves his heart on the pitch for 90 minutes, has not understood the level playing field and is behaving in a way that is not worthy of a host,” says Kicker , and at the same time apostille that “It would be a sign of sportsmanship if the last community in Berlin was aware of this on Sunday and behaved neutrally towards Cucurella.”
For his part, the NTV television network defined that “Some ‘Mannschaft’ fans managed to lose badly and were also bad hosts” and “it makes absolutely no sense to whistle at Cucurella.”
Apology in Spanish
In this sense, it is possible highlighted the apology in the form of an open letter offered by the newspaper Die Welt through its editor-in-chief, Ulf Poschardt, entitled ‘We are sorry, our Spanish friends’. The letter is published entirely in Spanish and in it he describes the whistles of the German fans as “bitter and resentful”, typical of “bad losses”, and recalls the “hospitality” of the Spanish towards “the crowds of tourists from Germany in Mallorca, Ibiza or not very cultivated by them. in Barcelona”. The letter reads as follows:
“On behalf of many Germans, I want to apologize for the unsportsmanlike behavior of some of them – too much! – fans yesterday in the semi-final against Marc Cucurella. It was no sport, it was unfair and it was also a simple transfer of responsibility. Of course it was handball and of course it should have been whistled.
Our sadness is understandable after the great tournament and the nice performance of the team led by Ilkay Gündogan, Jamal Musiala and Niclas Füllkrug. But the whistling of the German fans does not seem to be particularly elegant, but bitter and resentful. We looked like bad losers and that has no place in sports.
Some Germans might be like that, but Many of us feel ashamed. And unpleasant too, because the Spaniards, with their truly remarkable hospitality, receive the crowds of tourists from Germany in Mallorca, Ibiza or Barcelona that they have not cultivated much.. We see the recent protests there as a sign that we, as tourists, should also look out for the interests of the host country. But that’s another story”.
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