In the 67th minute, Rodri successfully intercepted the ball to open an attack that brought the equalizer 1-1 for Man City. Kevin De Bruyne, Rodri, Ilkay Gundogan did not make any mistakes, but the mistake was in the situation that happened a few dozen seconds before. The ball went out of bounds before being saved by Bernardo Silva.
The referee team did not detect this situation and allowed the match to continue. beIN Sports used 3D technology to check and determined that the ball had completely gone out of bounds. Commenting on the incident, former coach Arsene Wenger said: " The referee team should clearly review Real's goal ."
Real players thought the ball went out of bounds but the referee still let the match go on.
If it had been a throw-in, Man City would not have had the chance to attack, meaning Real would not have conceded. "Los Blancos" received an unfair goal, thereby not being able to maintain their lead for the second leg away.
Coach Ancelotti reacted strongly but could not change the decision of referee Soares Dias. He even received a yellow card. " I clearly saw Silva let the ball go out of bounds but I don't understand why the referee didn't check VAR ," Coach Ancelotti was upset.
3D technology determines whether the ball goes out of bounds.
After the match, coach Ancelotti praised the performance of both teams: " It was an interesting match. We had difficulties in the first half but played much better in the second half. Real controlled the ball very well. When Man City dominated the game, we also defended proactively. The attacking players also performed well ."
" Antonio Rudiger did his job against Erling Haaland. We are very happy with this performance and have a strong motivation to get a favorable result in the second leg, " added the Italian coach.
The second leg of the Champions League semi-final between Man City and Real takes place on May 18.
(Source: Zing News)
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