Anger and disbelief in Germany after ‘disastrous’ arbitration error: ‘It’s a shame’

Anger and disbelief in Germany after ‘disastrous’ arbitration error: ‘It’s a shame’ | Foreign football

with videoMatthijs de Ligt is furious with the arbitration after Bayern Munich’s elimination in the Champions League. The Dutch international scored the 2-2 against Real Madrid in extremis, but the goal was wrongly disallowed for offside.

Before De Ligt’s equalizer, the linesman raised the flag because teammate Noussair Mazraoui was said to have been offside. As a result, referee Szymon Marciniak blew the whistle before De Ligt got the ball at his feet. Furious, he and his teammates ran to the arbitration. Mazraoui turned out not to have been offside: football should have continued.

“We all know the rules, if it is not clearly offside they have to let it continue,” said the disappointed De Ligt in front of the Champions League camera afterwards. “It’s a shame that he blew the whistle. Really unbelievable, but it is always easy to talk about the referee afterwards.” He also responded at BeIn Sports. “This is really a very big mistake. The linesman said sorry and admitted he made a mistake. I just don’t buy anything for that.”

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Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel was also in disbelief. “It was a disastrous decision. An absolute disaster and a clear violation of the rules,” he grumbled afterwards. “It is the rule that the attack must continue in cases of doubt. The first foul is made by the linesman, the second foul by the referee. This wouldn’t have happened if it were on the other side of the field, at Real.” Thomas Müller: “Mistakes often decide games.”

Sports director Max Eberl also reacted furiously. “Strange and dubious. The referee blew his whistle before De Ligt shot, meaning VAR can no longer intervene. The referee said it was his fault. We don’t buy shit for that! We were all for a German final. Everyone except the Polish referees…”

German media

Arbitrator Marciniak is also being razed to the ground in the German media. “Scandal scene in the 104th minute,” writes BILD. “It’s an unforgivable mistake.” Kicker made the rules clear once again. “Whether it was offside or not, Marciniak did not follow the rules.” Die Welt sympathized with the German team. ‘Bayern’s anger was justified. The referee made an unbelievable mistake.’ Sky Deutschland headlines: “A whistle creates anger.”

Former international Michael Ballack could not believe his eyes on German television. “The linesman has to wait with his flag. First wait for the opportunity and then act. I don’t know why the flag went up so early,” said the analyst. “If that happens, the referee has to blow the whistle. So we can only blame him half. Clearly a wrong decision.”

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Real coach Carlo Ancelotti did not fully agree with the criticism. “Is Bayern complaining about the offside case? Okay, then we have to complain about Nacho’s disallowed goal, which Joshua Kimmich made a mistake.” With the score at 0-1, Nacho’s equalizer was canceled after he pushed Kimmich in the face just before. .

In the end, Bayern Munich were no longer able to make it 2-2. As a result, Real substitute Joselu became the hero of the evening. With two goals within three minutes, he personally eliminated the German superpower.

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