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It was the high point of Bayern's drama at the Bernabeu.
In extra time (90+13), de Ligt tied the score 2-2. But the referee Marciniak (Poland) does not give the goal. Result: Real wins 2-1, Bayern is out.
A long ball from Kimmich. Mendy in an aerial duel with Mazraoui. Müller follows. The ball falls to the feet of de Ligt, who scores the supposed equalizer. However, at the moment of the shot, Marciniak blew the whistle. Offside? Assistant Listkiewicz raised the flag. Instead of letting the game continue, the referee takes away Bayern's chance to equalize and extend the match. What a scandal!
Wild protests from Bayern. De Ligt rushes towards Marciniak. Tuchel is also out of control, shouting: "Not offside!" His assistants and substitutes are also furious. Müller complains like crazy.
Matthijs de Ligt: "It's unbelievable. We made the rule that the game must continue even if it is offside. I do not understand this. He apologized, but that doesn't help us. That's the difference. I don't want to say that Real Madrid always has the referee with them, but that makes the difference today."
Sports director Max Eberl: “Very strange and suspicious. The referee blew his whistle before de Ligt took the shot, so VAR can no longer intervene. The referee said it was his mistake. We can't buy shit from this! We were all for a German final. Everyone except the Polish judges!"
Coach Thomas Tuchel on DAZN: “The scene at the end is the icing on the cake. This is an absolute disaster! Real's second goal also ends the match. The referee does not have to blow the whistle. This is a violation of the rules.”
He later complained to ZDF: "This has no limits, it's shameful!"
Michael Ballack: "The lineman must wait with his flag. He first waits for the occasion and then intervenes. I don't know why the flag was raised so early. If it rises, the referee must blow the whistle. So we can only blame him for half. An absolutely wrong decision!”
Refereeing expert at BILD, Thorsten Kinhöfer: "An unforgivable mistake in a Champions League semi-final! Not only from the referee, but especially from the assistant. He is actually instructed to wait and see. He had to wait."
ZDF referee expert, Manuel Gräfe: "Clear mistakes by the referee team: First, the assistant should have waited with the flag. And even when the flag goes up, the referee blows his whistle."
He didn't – and Bayern were rightly surprised and furious…