Schweinsteiger walks off the pitch during Germany’s defeat (Getty)

Toni Kroos has blamed Bastian Schweinsteiger’s ‘silly mistake’ for Germany’s exit from Euro 2016.

The world champions were beaten 2-0 by France in their semi-final in Marseille.

Both goals were scored by Antoine Griezmann and both were the result of errors by Germany.

The first was a handball by Schweinsteiger in the box that led to a penalty. The Manchester United midfielder had his hands raised as he challenged Patrice Evra for a header with the ball going on to hit his hand.


After the match Kroos highlighted the moment when explaining why Germany had lost.

‘We played our best match tonight at the Euros but it didn’t help,’ said the Real Madrid player.



‘It’s bitter…we clearly dominated France, then we fell behind because of a silly mistake with the handball.’

Krooswas among Germanys better players (Getty)

Meanwhile Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who made a mistake when he failed to gather a cross in the build-up to the second goal, said his side did not deserve to lose 2-0.

‘I don’t want to say we were the better team but 2-0 isn’t a fair result,’ he said.

‘We played a really good European Championship but it’s very bitter to get eliminated now.’

Neuer of Germany makes a mistake in the build up to France’s second goal (Getty)

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Griezmann, who is the top scorer at Euro 2016 with six goals, was quick to turn his focus to Sunday’s final against Portugal.

‘This is the result of a group, and of a lot of hard work from the staff,’ he said. ‘Now we’re in the final and we want to lift that trophy.

‘We are very happy but there is still one match left. We have to keep our feet on the ground and from tomorrow, let’s prepare for this final.’