When the clock was over 100 minutes, the team led by Thomas Tuchel went ahead of its rival in search of equalizing the series that they were losing 4-3 on aggregate. Midfielder Joshua Kimmich launched a cross into the Madrid area, which led to a score.
However, the play was invalidated by an offside that Polish referee Szymon Marciniak did not review on screen, as he relied on what his assistant said.
Players like Thomas Muller and Matthijs De Ligt from Bayern Munich immediately decided to make a claim to the center back of the match to protest against his possible mistake.
From another perspective in which the play was analyzed is in the clearance by full-back Ferland Mendy of the merengue team, which can be interpreted by regulation as an action that invalidates any type of offside by granting possession to the rival.
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“In the game Real Madrid vs. “Bayern in the Champions League in this action of disallowed goal, it doesn’t look out of place, the assistant made a mistake cutting off the play, he didn’t apply the flag pause and, as referee Marciniak blew the whistle on the offside, the VAR could NOT enter,” Borda explained in detail.
For his part, Colombian journalist Félix de Bedout described the play as “A decisive procedural error.”
“I want to see the VAR dummies of the offside against Bayern in the last minute. The same rule as Madrid’s second goal had to be applied: let the play finish, draw the lines and make the decision after review,” said the news presenter. Univision Weekend.
And he added in response to a concern from actor Julio Cesar Herrera stating that: “The eye sees that Rüdiger’s outstretched arm enables. And for this reason, in closed plays the recommendation is to let the action finish and review in the Var. But it’s easy, let them show the dolls.”
Finally, for Argentine sports journalist Pablo Giralt, referee Marciniak made a “very serious mistake,” since “By stopping the action for the flag above the line. They went against protocol. “Instead of letting it continue, they cut off Bayern Münich’s play that ended in a goal.”
