Former German referees would have made the controversial decision before the penalty to make it 2-1 in the European Championship semi-final between England and Denmark.
"You can theoretically give it, it is not terribly bad now," said the former referee Manuel Gräfe on Thursday night as an expert on the ZDF about the penalty kick.
“Personally, I don't think he's right here.
I would have said: keep playing because it fits the tournament, because it would also have fitted the line of the referee. "
England's Raheem Sterling fell in the penalty area in the first half of extra time.
Referee Danny Makkelie saw a foul by Joakim Maehle and decided on a penalty.
Video assistant Pol van Boekel checked the scene but did not intervene.
Star striker Harry Kane turned the margin (104th) into the winning goal.
Wagner: "That doesn't fit"
“You can see the knee-to-calf contact.
But Sterling is already going into the duel with the intention - you can see that he is moving his body forward, he wants to pull it, he wants to cheat, as the saying goes, "said the 47-year-old Count.
"Based on the case pattern, you can actually see that this is not enough."
The former referee Lutz Wagner is also critical of the Dutch Makkelie's decision.
"It would have been better if he didn't whistle the penalty," said the 58-year-old as an expert on the ARD sports show.
“That didn't fit with the rest of the rules in the tournament or with Danny Makkelie's, it's contrary to the general evaluation of the duel so far.
Rather, it was left going a lot. "
Before the penalty kick you could see that a second ball was on the field near the Danish penalty area.
From Wagner's point of view, however, this was not a compelling reason to stop the game.
"Apparently Makkelie has not found any influence on the game and the players involved, then he does not have to interrupt," he said.