Sky Sports football writers analyse Bayern Munich’s 2-1 loss to Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals; Thomas Tuchel raged about a disallowed equaliser for offside in the last minute; Jadon Sancho put in an excellent defensive as Dortmund beat PSG 1-0 in the other semi. “It’s a disastrous decision from the linesman and from the referee. It feels almost like a betrayal.” Thomas Tuchel took no time in bringing up the elephant in the room in his post-match interview. The Bayern Munich boss clearly felt Matthijs de Ligt’s last-minute equaliser which cost his side in their Champions League semi-final loss to Real Madrid should have stood after the officials called offside too early.
Why were Bayern Munich annoyed?
Matthijs De Light put the ball in the net late on for Bayern Munich, which would have surely taken the game into extra-time.
However, a few seconds before De Ligt shot, referee Szymon Marciniak had already blown for offside against Noussair Mazraoui.
But replays showed the Bayern defender was onside, with the assistant – who is instructed to keep his flag down for tight calls so VAR can review the call – making a clear error in raising his flag and provoking the referee to whistle.
Whether Real’s players would have stopped De Ligt scoring had the whistle not gone is open to debate, but it was a bad mistake from the officials at a critical time.