Khedira: Crying and looking for excuses doesn't work Champions League - Real Madrid Wants to draw a line under controversy

Though the controversy surrounding the penalty awarded to Real Madrid against Juventus continues, Sami Khedira now wants to draw a line under it.

The German was a starter for the Italians in a game that they were winning 3-0 until the 93rd minute, when the referee whistled for the spot kick.

"Crying and looking for excuses doesn't work," he said in an interview broadcast by Juve.

"Playing at the [Estadio Santiago] Bernabeu and coming back is almost impossible and we did it for 90 minutes, but sometimes the matches last longer.

"At the end of the game we were unhappy, and it's very hard to take.

"It was a fantastic game, which nobody expected and in which we showed why we are one of the best teams in Europe.

"But this is football, we must accept it and congratulate Real Madrid.

"We are proud of what we did, even if we didn't qualify.

"Mourning is useless, now we must look ahead and concentrate on the league title and the Italian Cup, which are two major objectives."

English referee, Michael Oliver, provoked the wrath of the captain of the bianconeri, Gianluigi Buffon, who was sent off, and also the president of the club, Andrea Agnelli.

Khedira acknowledged that it could've been a penalty, but considered that the mistake on the referees part was having hesitated for a few seconds before making the decision.

"In my opinion, to give a penalty in the last minute, you must be 100% sure," Khedira continued.

"I have looked at the images twenty times and, looking at the referee, I see that he wasn't sure, and waited two or three seconds before whistling.

"To give a penalty at the end of a game like that you can't have doubts.

"It wasn't such a clear penalty and that's why, at the end, we were all angry."