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Matthijs de Ligt and Thomas Müller protest to referee Szymon Marciniak

BAYERN, OUTRAGED BY THE ARBITRATION

'Rajadas' by Tuchel and De Ligt for the scandalous goal disallowed against Bayern against Madrid

Published:9/05/2024 - 00:45h

Updated:9/05/2024 - 00:45h

Thomas Tuchel and Matthijs de Ligt exploded after Bayern Munich's defeat against Real Madrid (2-1) due to the Dutchman's goal disallowed in stoppage time. Both the coach and the center back believe that the lineman's and main lineman's mistake was "a shame"

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The Bayern Munich sacked of the UEFA Champions League with a painful defeat in front of the Real Madrid in Santiago Bernabéu (2-1). In addition to the doublet of Joselu on the end of the statutory time, the Bavarians suffered the cancellation of a goal of Matthijs of Ligt in the 90+12' by a non-existent offside. After the party, the technician muniqués did not doubt in 'rajar' against the referees by a very grave error.

"I think that it goes against any norm of the modern football what has happened. The assistant is the first that makes a mistake and raises the flag directly in a situation in which it could not be sure to do it. It is necessary to have the eggs, the agallas, to raise the flag in a situation like this. It is an important error", argued the German trainer.

Besides, it added: "And afterwards the referee, when it has seen that win the rebound, takes the decision of pitar when we have finished in five seconds. We have lost and there is not at all that do, but this would not have happened the other way around", sentenced a Tuchel visibly got angry in the press conference post party. The goal of Of Ligt would have forced the extention, keeping in suspense the classification of a Madrid that, in the statutory time, had been upper.

Of Ligt, the first in exploding against the arbitration

You grieve finalised the party, Of Ligt expressed his frustration by the goal cancelled with hard statements to 'Movistar'. "I think that all know the rules, if it is not clear the offside have to leave play. It has been a shame, with the goal of Joselu is offside and leaves to follow playing, why no with us? It is easy to speak of the referee, but have deserved it", explained the defender.

The responsibility of the error roots in the judge of line, since Matthijs is slightly advanced to the start of the played, but does not participate. Afterwards, the action followed with the intervention of Noussair Mazraoui, the one who went down the balloon so that Thomas Müller enabled the Dutch, but everything was invalidated by the pitazo of Szymon Marciniak. In fact, the saga of the Madrid left to contest the balloon when listening the whistle, including to Lunin. When treating of a played of these characteristics, the VAR could not take part.

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