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Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann fought back tears as he said his side did not deserve to lose their Euro 2024 quarter-final to Spain. The Spanish won 2-1 after extra time in Stuttgart thanks to Mikel Merino’s late header. He admitted he had no idea what to do next as he had not planned for an exit. “The lads have given everything over the last six weeks,” he told ARD as he almost started crying. “We came back well, we reacted well. We were not 100% at it in the first half. “It seemed we came much closer to a winner than the Spanish. It hurts, we were the better team.” Nagelsmann went into the …

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