After Real Madrid qualified for the Champions League final this Wednesday, Carlo Ancelotti said the last action against Bayern Munich was “rather clear”. The Bavarian club complained about a disallowed goal to Matthijs de Ligt for an offside position.
Carlo Ancelotti did not wish to dwell on the controversy. This Wednesday, Real Madrid managed to qualify for the Champions League final by beating Bayern Munich (2-1), thanks to a double from Joselu at the end of the match (89th, 90+1′). The Bavarian club complained about the refereeing in the very last action, where a goal was disallowed to Matthijs de Ligt for an offside position.
Referee Szymon Marciniak was criticized for not letting the action play out until the end before making a decision. Not very obvious, the offside position could have been checked afterwards. “This last action is quite clear. Maybe there was no offside, but the linesman raises the flag, the referee whistles, we stop,” commented Ancelotti after the match, at a press conference.
“If they complain about that, then we’ll complain about Nacho’s disallowed goal.”
The Munich camp implied that such a situation would not have happened for Real Madrid. “This referee directed a World Cup final, he is a high-level referee,” argued the Italian coach again to defend the Polish referee. “If they complain about that, then we will complain about the goal denied to Nacho (71st). Because Kimmich dived.”
Carlo Ancelotti instead wanted to remember the performance of his players, who once again managed to get out of a complicated situation. “It’s happened again,” summed up the “Mister”, who will experience a sixth Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund on the sidelines. “It’s something inexplicable, it’s the magic of this club, of these supporters who push in a fantastic stadium and of these players who never stop believing that it is possible to do something magical. “
Crowned Spanish champion last weekend four days before the end of the season, Real will play an eighteenth Champions League final and will have the possibility of winning a fifteenth crown which would be synonymous with an unthinkable treble (Liga, Spanish Super Cup, Champions League) at Wembley on June 1.
