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Kramer did not know it was the final - Rizzoli
Christoph Kramer did not know he was playing in the FIFA World Cup final after suffering concussion, referee Nicola Rizzoli has revealed.
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Rizzoli told Gazzetta dello Sport: "Shortly after the blow suffered by Garay, Kramer came to me and asked: 'Ref, is this the final?'
"I thought he was joking, he repeated the question and said: 'I need to know if this is really the final.'
"At my 'yes', amazed, he concluded: 'Thanks, it was important to know'. I advised [Bastian] Schweinsteiger and they replaced Kramer."
http://live.sportlive.co.za/?sport=news&page=news&view=article&news_id=363161
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Rizzoli told Gazzetta dello Sport: "Shortly after the blow suffered by Garay, Kramer came to me and asked: 'Ref, is this the final?'
"I thought he was joking, he repeated the question and said: 'I need to know if this is really the final.'
"At my 'yes', amazed, he concluded: 'Thanks, it was important to know'. I advised [Bastian] Schweinsteiger and they replaced Kramer."
http://live.sportlive.co.za/?sport=news&page=news&view=article&news_id=363161
Germany's Christoph Kramer 'can't remember' first half of the World Cup final after blow to the head
“I can’t really remember much of the game. I don’t know anything at all about the first half. I thought later that I left the game immediately after the tackle. I have no idea how I got to the changing rooms. I don’t know anything else. In my head, the game starts from the second half.”
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/christoph-kramer-germany-cant-remember-world-cup
“I can’t really remember much of the game. I don’t know anything at all about the first half. I thought later that I left the game immediately after the tackle. I have no idea how I got to the changing rooms. I don’t know anything else. In my head, the game starts from the second half.”
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/07/christoph-kramer-germany-cant-remember-world-cup