'SPAIN TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS!' ESPN FC Live reacts to their nail-biter 2-1 win over Germany in Euros

The ESPN FC Live crew react to Spain's 2-1 win over Germany in the Euros and break down the games key moments.
0:00 Reaction to Spain’s 2-1 win over Germany
4:30 Did the best team win?
8:30 Dani Olmo's performance
13:30 Looking ahead to the semifinal
17:00 Toni Kroos farewell
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[@wokeaf1337]

Toni Kroos was finished in the extra time but they couldnt swap players anymore, I mean for Real Madrid he was substituted after 70min for most of the season.

[@Orion4976]

Very even game, could have gone to penalties and probably should have. But Kroos should have been sent off for 2 yellows within first 10mins.

[@im11yearsold63]

wouldn't do the second yellow if he gets the first one, stop fantasizing guys :D

[@mattleistner313]

I can't read such bullshit, because when Kroos would ve get a yellow card he wouldn't risk another one obviously. 🙄

[@metalmouse2953]

@@mattleistner313 to be honest, his first fould was borderline red but there's no way to know if he'd received 2 yellows but what definitely wouldn't have happened is that he would have stopped that very promising Spanish attack.

[@FrederickJohnSebastian]

@@Orion4976 deliberate handball in the box>> cough cough

[@romanmcmillan7542]

It wasn’t just those 2 either… he pushed I think it was Fabian Ruiz in the box from behind which clearly also deserved a yellow after he had already gotten one. To say he wouldn’t have committed one if he had already received a yellow is completely facetious, and if he hadnt then Dani olmo had a very good chance to mark a goal

[@Triple_X_X]

Spain is so devastating.. Mixture of Tiki-Taka and heavy metal football..Their Technicalities are off the charts

[@DuderinoDeux]

And VERY lucky tonight. Don't care for their historionics and rolling about like shot. Good side but lack some humility

[@ThatGuy-vi6cj]

​@@DuderinoDeuxwtf are you talking about😂😭😭😭😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀 just take the L and move on

[@DuderinoDeux]

@@ThatGuy-vi6cj cheating suits ya!

[@incitatusdelaruinalparaiso3166]

Yes, good point.

[@wingedhussar1453]

You must not have ben watching barcelona because they have ben playing like this for a couple years. Spain has most barceloan players theyr basicly rhe same team

[@AurelAvramescu]

British referees are usually the worst at international tournaments. I really don’t understand why they are receiving high profile games, I never, ever seen a good referee from England.

[@robertoarsenal9044]

Spain play beautiful football .

[@SandraGarcia-lj3bd]

Gracias , un saludo .

[@andrekoerber7334]

..and therefore will be punished by France...

[@wokeaf1337]

Especially Cucurella with his hands.

[@FrederickJohnSebastian]

@@robertoarsenal9044 and yet germany had better chances and neuer did nothing...you have spanish flu maybe?

[@wokeaf1337]

That referee was a disgrace especially for England.

[@charlesapana9935]

Yeah absolutely incredible performance from Spain

[@gaylordtv561]

germany was better

[@jackwachtel-scott8000]

Kroos should have been red carded for that first challenge on Pedri. He was high, reckless and made no attempt to play the ball. It was the classic hit job to take an opponent out of the game and a referee as experienced as Taylor had to know that.

[@allferryrocha2698]

Should at least be a yellow, regardless of how early the game was. Still don’t understand Kroos lasted the whole game.

[@maxmaximus2608]

Nonsense!

[@thecryptopredictionboy5450]

yeah yeallow card for sure, never in life is that red, but also germany should get that clear handball..the arm wasn't near to the body..

[@allferryrocha2698]

@@thecryptopredictionboy5450 that play came from an offside, so maybe the ref took it into the account.

[@real_Gi]

Kroos played the ball in that challenge, maybe the ref took that into account as well

[@MarckCat]

Toni Kroos, next UFC featherweight tittle contender🤣💪

[@wokeaf1337]

Hold on, Carvajal got a red card for hitting Musiala in the face while attempting to hold him ...

[@MarckCat]

@@wokeaf1337 Toni Kroos ended the fight with a KO on Pedri, no contest 😅 He has been loyal to Real Madrid till his last game, destroying a Barcelona's player 🤣

[@detonator2112]

Olmo was simply sensational. Pedri's injury and Kroos' dirty tackle was a blessing in disguise.

[@rotheryberlin7772]

The away games of Leipzig and Dani Olmo could be difficult for him in the Bundesliga next season.😂

[@FrederickJohnSebastian]

@@rotheryberlin7772 joking aside, was happy for him. Great player and great advertisement for BL quality

[@ToRo-wm4bu]

Ok, very close game and Germany worked very hard to stop Spain playing their usual. Gündogan was shadowing Rodri non stop and had to eventually be changed. Well done Germany you deserve to be in the final (with Spain) but such was England’s side luck.

[@nitinpatel1039]

Musiala or wirtz should be top priority for city to replace kdb

[@ulisesuli8499]

España.. Simplemente la mejor. ☝️🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🏆 Vamos España ☝️🇪🇸🏆💪

[@miguel.a.d.6078]

VAMOSSSDSS 💪🏼👍🏻

[@andrekoerber7334]

Francia serà campeon.

[@miguel.a.d.6078]

@@andrekoerber7334 tal vez....o tal vez no. Ya veremos. Mientras... VAMOSSSSSS 💪🏼😂

[@DanielM-x2b]

Congratulatión de Alemania Las dos las mejores. El jugardor de la partida Dani Olmo (Espana/Bundesliga) y la persona menor Taylor (Ref/Inglaterra) 😂 Felicidad por las ultimas partidas y siempre ... a por ellos !!!

[@miguel.a.d.6078]

@@DanielM-x2b gracias, eres todo un caballero. Gran partido también de Alemania. 👍🏼

[@Baiano1702]

Sorry guys, this discussion is totally one-sided. Spain fans never having played professional football having a chat after the game, nothing like a sharp analysis of experts.

[@deniman]

It’s funny you forget to mention Ayoze as an option. One of the strikers in the best moment in La Liga.

[@latinonic1]

For the next matches, he should be an option over Ferran and Oyarzabal.

[@Bluelitefilms]

Olmo retiring Kroos at his own backyard is crazy 😂 Germans 7 to Brazil 1 curse continues ☠️

[@lagavulin7194]

That's not how the curse works

[@der987654]

7-1 was embarrassing…this was a great tight game … good football… other matches have been so boring

[@peter-mv5gk]

what?

[@noname-ot7vd]

Lets not ignore the fact that Germany will be approaching 32 years in 2028 since they last won the euro.

[@lagavulin7194]

@@noname-ot7vd there is no shame in that. The Euros is a tough competition which teams like England have never won in the first place. It will take most teams much more than that to equalize or beat Germany's and Spain's trophy record. Germany won the last world Cup 10 years ago. Literally every other country except for Argentina and France is waiting longer to win the world cup for the first time or again. What point are you trying to make?

[@jsnagra1able]

Garbage tackle by Kroos on Pedri.

[@voney_m]

Gavi Baldé Cubarsí Riquelme Barrios Sancet Badjetic Veiga Omorodion Zaragoza Fati Huijsen Mosquera Moleiro NicoGonzález on fire for olimpics and world cup

[@niriaantonio9097]

Gavi and Balde are not going to Olimpics

[@VasSagar]

interesting that Spain is favored to beat France , considering the suspensions..

[@luisdurannotario8630]

La favorita es Francia..😂😂

[@acidspit14]

Spain won fairly. Germany lucky to finish with 11 men as much as spain was lucky not to have a penalty agaist them. BUT, germany was offside before the Cucurella handball

[@peter-mv5gk]

dude......why act people if they would know if there is NO proof or anything...this would have to be checked by VAR to KNOW...

[@im11yearsold63]

you're clearly a spain fan. kross wouldn't do the second foul if he gets yellow for the first. easy as that. hätte hätte fahradkette. but they have to clarify those hand rules. really annoying to discuss interpretations all the time when it is a penalty and when it isnt

[@mattleistner313]

No lucky finish, Spain made several fouls and risked a red card

[@wokeaf1337]

There was no offside, that is a lie because there is no proof.

[@brucemc1581]

Maybe he was offsides…maybe not. But what is clear fullkrug’s arm hits the ball.

[@KrlKngMrtssn]

To be ownest 😊

[@curtischarles5299]

Spain changes was not wrong but the time was wrong .

[@ThePriceIsNeverRight]

Bro Spain is OP they can switch up their playstyle mid match, tiki taka then switch up to direct play, then counter attack football

[@lanocheoscura1995]

Mr Tony tackle. Bye👋

[@FrederickJohnSebastian]

Musiala was mugged every time he had the ball. Just Kroos fouling apparently 😅

[@ToRo-wm4bu]

You mean kicking others out the game?

[@FrederickJohnSebastian]

@@ToRo-wm4bu humor lost on you? You parrot the same biased anti-kroos/german rubbish ignoring spain were penalized more than germany and still were not punished for handball. You clearly suffer from spanish flu, no?

[@FrederickJohnSebastian]

@@ToRo-wm4bu humor lost on you because of spanish flu? Spain had more cards than germany and deliberate handball but only kroos fouling.

[@brucemc1581]

@@FrederickJohnSebastiandon’t forget Fullkrugs handball.

[@arjunchintaram]

All these delulu espn pundits were writing off spain😊

[@chiedozieeric8678]

Exactly 💯 don't mind them. Spain proved them wrong.

[@damteman]

​@@chiedozieeric8678robbed

[@rajeevaravkar7977]

Too many comments on kroos in the section to avoid discussing that blatant handball that was sure penalty. Should have been given under any circumstance.

[@joansr7848]

Previous offside check the video

[@ToRo-wm4bu]

@@rajeevaravkar7977 I know, min 90+3 Endricht handball.

[@ToRo-wm4bu]

Yes, threw himself and grabbed the ball.

[@ToRo-wm4bu]

I have been now calmly watching the game. ;-)

[@rajeevaravkar7977]

@@ToRo-wm4bu Nobody care if he threw himself or not, Handball was in penalty area and its penalty. Even when deliberate handball players try to show off it as unintentional so what they act like dont matter

[@SUBASHKUMAR-wz8zx]

Germany palyed football only last 25 minutes of regular time before that Germany palyed UFC and Kick boxing 😀

[@lamestorming]

Didyou watch the game or just highlights? There's also a reason Spain got that many cards

[@SUBASHKUMAR-wz8zx]

@@lamestorming watched Full match start to finish

[@mattleistner313]

And wich game did you watch pal!? Germany was the better team in total

[@SUBASHKUMAR-wz8zx]

@@mattleistner313 which game you watched 😀 both side had equal chances and Spain took their chance

[@lamestorming]

@@SUBASHKUMAR-wz8zx Then you must have missed all those UFC take down events on Musialla

[@andrekoerber7334]

Germany was not beaten by Spain but by itself, especially by Havertz, who missed many goals.

[@latinonic1]

German arrogance. It will continue to pay off.

[@wokeaf1337]

10:00 "When Germany tried to play abit..." This dude is delusional, Germany played for most of the time, 52% ball possession.

[@chiliguevara]

What game did u watch??? Germany was clearly better.

[@latinonic1]

Clearly better with such a harsh game?, not typical of German football, more suited to the Italian culture.

[@AneelKarim-d3r]

Toxicity Toxic haters

[@orkhanimanov1584]

What, you put Kroos to the too 10 of Germany?! That is a bit of serious stretch! As you say they have a bunch of players who won trebles, WC, Euro, Champions League. So Kroos is in the top 20, but the top 10 is highly questionable, contenders start from Beckenbauer, Gert Muller, Breitner, Rummenigge, Mattheus, Brehme, Hassler, Littbarski, Klinsmann, Voller, Moller, Klose, Ballack, Lahm, Schweinsteiger, Ozil, Muller, and of course Kroos, but whether he beats those I named, is a big question.

[@vjluarasi1847]

Spain was not the best team in this game, got 2 Spanish dudes asking that question, what you think they’re going to say? Germany was the better team especially 2nd half all the way until the end of the game.

[@edsonmawalla4203]

No one Likes a team which only has he aim to injure players

[@wingedhussar1453]

Are you serious .Spain played like it was training for them

[@vjluarasi1847]

@@wingedhussar1453 Lol you outta your mind, even your coach was scared. Spain did nothing after they scored the 1st goal, did you watch the game actually? Germany dominated the game 2nd half, by far the better team the game was played on Spaniards half after the 1st goal.

[@vjluarasi1847]

@@edsonmawalla4203 bro did you watch the Spanish defenders grabbing Musiala every time they were getting passed by. Toni Kroos was going for the ball, wasn’t trying to hurt anyone.

[@wernerdecker9456]

@@wingedhussar1453 Ageee, great handball training you mean.

[@Cometohellwithme]

Clear handball

[@viquiben4919]

Off site.

[@amansaa4681]

Offside​@@viquiben4919

[@antoniocastillo5382]

Bs​@@viquiben4919

[@brucemc1581]

Yes clear handball by Fullkrug.

[@Ganyure]

espn all predicted germany win.

[@moonoom764]

that was the moment I knew germany was gonna loose

[@curtischarles5299]

I was so happy when they said germany would win . I know we were set to go through 😂😂😂😂

[@wingedhussar1453]

Pathetic idiots pundits .who hires these guys . If they watched any games they would know that spain has mostly barcelona players and barcelona has the highest expected goals in all of europe. Spain = barcelona clueless pundits

[@SUBASHKUMAR-wz8zx]

ESPN striked again 😀

[@wingedhussar1453]

Spain outclasses germany should be the title. Spain absolutely dominated germany .they were playing like its training. Spain is winning the whole euro. They are playing like barcelona who have highest goal expectations thsi year in europe😊

[@Spookybozo]

What kind of drugs did you take?

[@supermahni]

😂😂 germany was clearly the better team. Look at the statistics....

[@andrekoerber7334]

Spain won`t even get to the final...France will send them home.

[@dubadidubadi]

Lol😂😂😂 what game u saw ??

[@wingedhussar1453]

@@supermahni what game did u watch.

[@damiankacprzak6211]

Man of the Match? English ref missing a hand ball!!

[@vjluarasi1847]

Y’all complaining about Toni Kroos, the spain players were holding musiala every time we went on the counter. The Spaniards got luck as heck to advance.

[@francesccampos1343]

Musiala could play for 120min and today he can go train with the Olympic team, Pedri got injured for at least 2 months and barely played 10min of the game... Hooligans like you should be banned from any sports event.

[@latinonic1]

Keep crying. Every time you play Spain over the last years, you take more precautions than against any other team.

[@vjluarasi1847]

@@latinonic1 yeah I agree Germany acts too scared of them like y’all something special. Germany is my team and they were the better team, but it is what it is the score say 2-1 so whatever. Y’all lose to France and all will be good.

[@armandosulanj4382]

What about penalty what happened was not hand ball was basketball

[@real_Gi]

he actively blocked the ball with his hand, crazy

[@batuman1]

So, after blaming Özil for previous German failure, who to blame this time: is it A) Having a Turk as captain on the team that caused friction in the German squad or B) Is it Demiral his gesture that destabilized the German squad 🤣🤣

[@lagavulin7194]

That's not how it worked in 2018 and it won't certainly be the case this time. Ilkay is much appreciated for his character and his performance during this tournament was highly praised. Having a different cultural background does not save you from being criticized for your behaviour on and off the pitch. Ilkay and Mesut are both of Turkish descent. The heritage has not been the issue with the Özil discussion. Sorry

[@FrederickJohnSebastian]

Troll elsewhere. Every one of Özils teammates discredited his assessment of events. Löw as well. Gundogan did not share Özil's characterizations.

[@batuman1]

@@lagavulin7194 So the post was not to engage in an Özil discussion, it is about finding excuses for the lack of succes. But tell me, what is it, other than his picture with Erdogan (whom I disagree with on 9/10 subjects), that Özil did that made it appropriate to use him as scapegoat for the lack of succes.

[@philippgabainvonkries5117]

@@batuman1 He did the picture with Erdogan at a time where Erdogan had just imprisoned countless journalists and destroyed freedom of speech in turkey. Then he stuck his head into the ground and it is telling that Erdogan was later a guest of honor on Özils wedding. What happened to Özil wasn't fair but he certainly did a lot to prove his critics right.

[@peter-mv5gk]

@@batuman1 dude just go and play somewhere else. No one gave or gives any immigrants the fault for a defeat. But you can tell it yourself so that you have something to hate on.

[@patouwhale]

Not talking about the Spain handball?

[@Gladiator1492]

What about the German foot "work"?

[@joansr7848]

We can talk about the previous offside ;)

[@lanocheoscura1995]

Don't drink cos them you can't see the previous offside. By the way, did you see Mr Tony tackle playing dirty? At last we learn and Carvajal done some judo With Musiala.

[@GandALF8419]

So its called handball now? This was a penalty from here to pekin. No offside was called no var was checked is definitely a gifted win by the referee.

[@MarckCat]

Var was not checked because handball was not called 😅

[@antoniocastillo5382]

Brazen ROBBERY!!!! 100%pen

[@030_jacob5]

Saying the better team won is absolutely absurd! I am not saying it wasn’t deserved i think it was a close game and both teams coul have won. But if one thing is clear then it’s that that spain wasn’t the better team tonight. Period

[@vjluarasi1847]

@@030_jacob5 💯

[@latinonic1]

Germany lost,. Period.

[@vjluarasi1847]

@@latinonic1 Spain would have been toast if the handball was awarded.

[@030_jacob5]

Those spanish pundits shouldn’t be sharing there opinions on tv. I‘m getting insane listening to them „ I don’t understand how toni kroos got away without a red card“ is outrageous neutraly i have to agree that there have been multiple times where he could have gotten a yellow card but got away with it. On the other side if you really go in to detail you can understand the decisions and thinking that toni would’ve done the same tacklings if he had already gotten a yellow card is strate up stupid and saying he was intentionally trying to hurt a player is just straight up mad. No level of objectivity at all and while thise weird refferee decisions concentrated on toni on the german side there have been multiple very weird decisions for spain as well, some tackles were just evil. I am not even gonna start about the handball!

[@lanocheoscura1995]

Previous offside before as you call handball No dilemas at all.

[@030_jacob5]

@@lanocheoscura1995 the uefa didnt announce why it hasn’t been called they didn’t provide the var footage nor they didn’t even say if it was checked for offside wich would be really weird if it was. Also german tv calibrated a line afterwards and came to the conclusion no offside.

[@lanocheoscura1995]

@@030_jacob5 👋👋👋bye bye

[@lanocheoscura1995]

@@030_jacob5 lol bless your Criterium.. Bad loser

[@mooboo6603]

This Spanish guy doesn't have a clue.

[@andrekoerber7334]

Right

[@mattleistner313]

Spain was lucky to win this

[@santicarvalhido-gilbert8437]

Germany equalised in 90th minute of normal time but Spain was lucky.. Are you a comedian??

[@latinonic1]

You were lucky to have tied against Switzerland. Maybe it was better for you to lose that match.

[@mattleistner313]

@@santicarvalhido-gilbert8437 they had several chances before that and Germany was simply the better team - especially from the second half on.

[@santicarvalhido-gilbert8437]

@@mattleistner313 Germany was only better from the 70th minute mark onwards.. before that Spain were on top....I'm amazed the lack of credit you guys are giving to a young Spanish team playing on a hostile environment and against a physically aggressive German team...bordering on the illegal...

[@mattleistner313]

@santicarvalhido-gilbert8437 I guess you watched a different match pal, because Spain wasn't dominating at all. They struggled a lot and were lucky to win it

[@Rayseagate]

German team is so overrated and doesn't deserve to win.

[@FrederickJohnSebastian]

They carved out more chances than spain hitting the post and missing point-black headers ( Fullkrug); and clear handball in box by Spanish defender ignored by ref and VAR; IF germany are overrated, where does that leave Spain?

[@thecryptopredictionboy5450]

actually they were the better team after the 60th minute and the handball was pure luck for spain^^germany is never overrated, the hole german teams including the national team are always underrated. but actually, they can compete against every teams on this planet.

[@lottiban377]

They had finaly more chances, and we will See what this high raten spanish team will create against France.

[@peter-mv5gk]

if that is true...spain is bad.

[@noname-ot7vd]

The germans played nobodies this tournament then finally played a good team and got found out😂 overrated. So many germans thought they were winning the euros after beating mediocre scotland 5-1.