'We were the only team that wanted to win' - Nagelsmann disappointed by Euros exit - video Dailymotion

Julian Nagelsmann felt his side were by far the better team as Germany were eliminated from Euro 2024 by Spain

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00:00First of all, congratulations to Spain for reaching the semi-final.

00:06I think we saw two different halves.

00:10In the first half we were very nervous, very shaky,

00:14we had way too many fouls, we had two yellow cards in the chain very quickly,

00:18we were a bit disunited.

00:21In general, it's good that we want to set an example,

00:25that we want to be present, even in situations that are dangerous.

00:29I think Spain didn't defend well in the first half.

00:35We came into the last third relatively simply,

00:38but there we were very heavy and played for the first balls immediately in front of the goal.

00:42It took a long time, there was way too much back and forth.

00:45I think both teams already had respect.

00:47We immediately defended all of Spain's final situations.

00:50We didn't even get out of the final situation in control, only with long balls.

00:54We defended well, but the game was too open.

00:59In the second half we reacted in a personal way,

01:04we reacted in the right way, then we were better in the game.

01:08From the 60th minute on, we were clearly the better team with many more chances.

01:12Except for the first five minutes,

01:16in the second half of the extension,

01:19it was almost only us who really wanted to win.