New perspective on critical offside incident – ​​which Thomas Tuchel described as an “absolute catastrophe”.

A newly revealed aspect of the controversial offside incident that denied Bayern Munich a late equalizer against Real Madrid, a decision Thomas Tuchel described as an “absolute disaster”.

In a turbulent Bernabeu, the hosts pulled off a late turnaround to win 2-1 thanks to a brace from Joselu and 4-3 on aggregate after capitalizing on a simple error from Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

The German visitors scored an equalizer in stoppage time through Matthijs de Ligt, but this was canceled due to Noussair Mazraoui’s offside position and the game was interrupted with the assistant referee’s flag VAR couldn’t intervene, and The goal could not stand still.

According to a viewpoint shared by beIN Sports after the game: and shared on X (formerly Twitter).In fact, Mazraoui was on the offside in the build-up to de Ligt’s goal, so the effort would have counted had the game been allowed to continue.

Bayern coach Tuchel broke down in tears after the game, with the controversial call at the center of his anger following their Champions League exit.

In an interview with DAZN, Tuchel said, according to BILD: “This is a disaster, Toni’s (Antonio Rüdiger) leg is probably deeper than Mazraoui. “It’s an absolute disaster.’

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He added: ‘Imagine if Real Madrid let them keep running when they scored their second goal. It would have been the same, the ball goes to Toni and the whistle sounds. The situation must be played out to the end. That’s the rule. Especially when she’s so close to the goal. Especially when it’s so tight.

“The assistant makes the first mistake, the referee makes the second mistake.” He doesn’t have to blow the whistle, he can just wait.

“That happened with the second goal. This is a violation of the rules.”

Officials are generally advised to delay their offside calls in case they make a mistake. However, it is not clear why this did not happen in Madrid.

Tuchel told TNT Sports that the assistant referee apologized to him for slacking off early, which could have cost his team the game.

De Ligt said be in sports that the linesman also apologized to him for the decision.

He added: “The linesman said to me, ‘I’m sorry, I made a mistake, I can’t buy it.’ I’m not the type of person who wants to blame a defeat or a win on the referee, but that means you have to win because you win 2-1. I guess if it’s a rule, it’s a rule.’

Real Madrid face Bayern’s Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final at Wembley Stadium next month.