A terrible gaffe by referee Szymon Marciniak robbed Bayern Munich a berth in the UEFA Champions League final, and everyone at the club was outraged.
Bayern Munich were ousted from the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday evening, losing 2-1 to Real Madrid (4-3 on aggregate). The biggest talking moment of the second leg of the semifinal came late in stoppage time, when Bayern was urgently looking for a score.
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Matthijs de Ligt mistakenly believed he had equalized for Bayern. However, the goal was disallowed for offside. Replays indicated that none of the Bayern players were offside. However, a VAR check could not be carried out since referee Szymon Marciniak had already sounded his whistle moments before de Ligt took his shot.
Thomas Tuchel claimed after the game that the linesman apologized to them for the mistake. “The linesman and referee made a disastrous decision.” “It feels like a betrayal at the end,” Tuchel told TNT Sports. “The linesman apologized, but that does not help. To raise the flag in such a close decision at the last minute. The referee was not required to whistle either. He notices that we have the second ball and are taking a shot. So whistling is a very awful decision. It is against the rules. They both made a horrible decision. It is a disaster. It’s difficult to swallow, but that’s how it is.”
Max Eberl was also critical of what he felt was a bad decision, and revealed that Marciniak admitted to them that he had made a mistake. The Bayern Munich board member told Sky Sport, “How many years has the VAR been around? How many years has this offside rule been in place?
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