The former Germany midfielder questioned judge Szymon Marciniak’s decision after his assistant Tomasz Listkiewicz conceded from an advanced position before the end of the game.
Bayern Munich fans and footballers are still considering a decision that could have meant continuing the Champions League title race. In the 90+14 minutes of the duel against Real Madrid, the Bavarians managed to score. However, The goal was not scored by Polish judge Szymon Marciniak .
This, after his assistant Tomasz Listkiewicz decided to take the lead before the end of the game, invalidating Matthijs de Ligt’s subsequent goal which, at least, forced extra time.
It is for this reason that former German midfielder Michael Ballack, now a commentator, expressed his dissatisfaction with how the end of the match played out. “It’s annoying because we can’t call VAR since the referee makes this blatant error. This can’t be! This happens in obvious offside situations. It is precisely because it is a close decision that she has to wait, as usually happens during a match,” the former German national team player commented forcefully.
Then he continued his criticism of the assistant referee. “The linesman makes the first mistake because he raises the flag. I don’t know why the flag goes up so early in this room. . When the flag is raised, you must whistle. This is why we can only put half the blame on the referee. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter here who makes the mistake. ANDThe referee team is calling the game and it was a blatantly wrong call. “he added.
He then recalled a similar situation he experienced while defending Chelsea in a duel against Real Madrid. “I also suffered decisions like that with Chelsea which were very controversial. Today, with VAR, people think that things will be fairer, but here we see that mistakes are still made. », concluded Ballack.
The reaction of the German press
Unease over how this decision was resolved was also reflected in the German press. “The scandal scene in the 104th minute », headlined Bild. They also questioned: “Offside? Assistant Listkiewicz raised the flag. Instead of letting the situation continue, the referee deprives Bayern of the opportunity to equalize and thus prolong the match. What a scandal!”
For his part, Merkur began his column with the phrase “Bayern drama in Madrid: A new error and an arbitration scandal plunge FCB into the valley of tears “. And in the development of the column, they said that “the negative point of the match came when the otherwise confident referee Marciniak caused a scandal. The Pole whistled a situation that ultimately led to a draw too early for Bayern, thus turning the entire Bayern team against him. In short, a refereeing performance which is not worthy of a Champions League semi-final. “.
They took it a little more calmly in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “In the 13th minute of added time, De Ligt scored again for Bayern, but the referee had already whistled early and decided: there was no goal and therefore no participation in the final for Bayern Munich “.
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