MARC CUCURELLA has had his every touch booed in Spain’s semi-final with France.
It stems from neutral German fans angry at a handball decision from Spain’s last game.
German fans were angry that their team were not awarded a penalty after the ball struck Cucurella’s hand in Spain’s semi-final against Germany.
With the game finishing 1-1 after 90 minutes, the game went to extra-time.
In the second half of extra time, Jamal Musiala had a goal-bound shot blocked by the arm of Cucurella.
British ref Anthony Taylor waved away the German appeals and the incident was judged not to be a penalty by VAR.
Spain would go on to win the game with a dramatic 119th minute winner courtesy of Mikel Merino.
After the game, German legend Michael Ballack told Magenta TV it was a: “Clear wrong decision”
“All the criteria for a penalty are met,” he added. “The arm is outstretched, a clear advantage, and yet there will be experts who see it differently.”
German manager Julian Nagelsmann also fumed: “The penalty we got against Denmark was much less of a penalty,
“I cannot understand why it was not evaluated, even though there were 48,000 replays.”
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