In a frenetic finale, Real Madrid managed to turn the series around and win 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu against Bayern Munich to seal their ticket to the Champions League final, where they will face Borussia Dortmund, a team that has just left in the road to Paris Saint-Germain.
Once the comparison is completed, The entire delegation of the Bavarian team pointed harshly against the Polish referee Szymon Marciniak, who in the 12th minute of stoppage time annulled Matthijs de Ligt’s goal due to an advanced position that did not exist. This goal would have taken the semifinal series to overtime. It is worth noting that the play had to be validated because there was no advanced position, since the one who cleared it was Madrid’s French defender and De Ligt did not take a position. The grossest mistake was made by the assistant, who rushes and marks offside, thus not complying with the flag delay rule, which consists of letting the play run until the action concludes. Seeing the flag raised, the main referee blew the whistle and stopped the play before the Dutchman kicked the goal and scored the goal. Therefore, the VAR can no longer intervene to review the play again.
“When the game ended the linesman told me ‘sorry, it was my mistake.’ But it wasn’t just his mistake, it’s also the referee’s. The first mistake is that he raises the flag, because he could never be sure that he was offside. And the referee sees that we won the rebound and we have the chance to shoot and he blows the whistle. That’s the second big mistake in the same play. “It is very difficult to swallow because it felt like they were anxious at the last minute,” coach Thomas Tuchel said. Thomas Müller, for his part, added: “It was a very strange situation. I couldn’t say what happened, but in Madrid it happens very often. It has already happened to us.”
When asked about the words uttered by the German team’s delegation, Carlo Ancelotti He gave a blunt response at a press conference. “The last play is quite clear. It may not have been offside, but the referee blows his whistle, the linesman lifts and we stop.. “This referee refereed the World Cup final, he is of a high level,” his story began.
“As they complain about this, we complain about Nacho’s disallowed goal. Because Kimmich jumped, it was a push. “They were both pushing each other.”concluded the Italian strategist when recalling the goal disallowed on the central scoreboard due to a previous foul on the German right back.
With this result, the White House will seek to expand its legend by going in search of its Orejona number 15. Its opponent in the final that will take place on June 1 at Wembley Stadium will be Borussia Dortmund, winner of the Champions League this season. 1996/97.
“It’s happened again. It has happened many times, it is something inexplicable, and it has happened again. A fan that pushes, a stadium that helps, a fantastic atmosphere and players who never stop believing that it can be done. It’s something magical, there’s not much explanation. We played well, it was a difficult, complicated game. But we had opportunities, control of the game. We had the strength to not lose our heads when they scored on us to recover the game. I want to thank the fans, the club and above all the players, who They have had a season that no one expected. I didn’t expect it either. I didn’t think they were capable of doing what they have done so far. Reaching the final is a success, no matter what happens.”said the Italian strategist.
