Germany And Sweden Officials Burst Into Rage After Toni Kroos' Injury Time Goal

Sweden went wide against holders Germany after the final whistle went off and are dismay at the winners gestures towards them.
The Swedes' manager Janne Andersson, alleged his opponents' member of staff infuriated his team when he ran towards his men in their dugout only to gloat and "rubbing his face" in mockery when Toni Kroos delivered the winning for Germany.
Being upset, one of Andersson's men got off the bench and reacted to the man coming to taunt them which in effect led to an outburst of rage between the two sides.
Speaking about the outrage, Andersson revealed it all started when "some of the group leaders of their team celebrates by running in our direction, rubbing it in our faces by making gestures."
Footage of German official approaching Sweden dugout
The imminent brawl between the two side broke out such that they were seen to be shoving and uttering furious words at each other and players also joined in as the outrage persist, a footage released has shown.
He went further to call out Germans leaders way of celebrating Kroos' goal that restored their hope of staying in the tournament saying, "People behaved in ways that were not good. You should leave your opponents to feel sad. We had fought for 90 minutes and at the end. You should shake hands. You do not act in the way they did. So, I was very angry with that."
Swede manager Andersson and a German official in outburst of rage
The horrendous scene got out of hands

Germany manager Joachim Low disagreed with his opponent's allegation of mockery from his member of staff saying in response that he did witness any of the accusations and neither did he make any gesture.
"We concentrated on other things. We hugged each other. We were elated. I didn't see any aggressive gestures," Low said.
"It was a thriller, full of emotions, a roller-coaster ride. We incurred full risk. Every reserve had to be mobilised. We had great chances and last moments were full of drama."
German member of staff and manager Joachim Low

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