Holly! What a match today and what a comeback from Real Madrid, I really didn’t believe that they will come back in the very last minutes after Bayern Munich scoring and defending well their goal sheet, however, once Real Madrid scored the drawing goal, I was sure that they will score again and qualify to the finals and face Borussia Dortmund. Honestly, Bayern today did play well and managed to dominate their gameplay against Real Madrid player who were trying their best to score from the very beginning. The mistake was when Thomas Tuchel made the early changes of attachers and playing total defense which allowed Real Madrid to boost their effort without worrying too much about any counter attacks, until they succeeded to score 2 goals.
Actually, this is not a wrong strategy when Bayern Munich is already ahead and wants to maintain its lead. If only Manuel Neuer hadn't made the blunder that Joselu used for the first goal, then I'm not sure Real Madrid could have recovered. Real Madrid's enthusiasm was burning when the score was still 1-1 and it was proven that within a few minutes they scored another goal when Bayern Munich's defensive concentration was unstable.
I admit there was a moment where the referee seemed reluctant to review VAR at the request of a Bayern Munich player for the second goal which was considered offside. The referee did not see it as a call for a VAR review despite Bayern players protesting strongly against the decision. I'm sure this will be a hot topic of conversation everywhere for anyone who is neutral or on the side of Bayern Munich, but what happened will still happen and Real Madrid will go to the final.
What a scandal in the Champions League semi-final! The referees officially stole Bayern's ticket to the final.
The match came to this point because of Neuer's big mistake, but then the cancellation of Bayern's clean goal will go down in football history. I have never seen such a scandalous decision. How can such an amateur mistake be made on such a big platform? I don't believe this was a mistake, the side referee literally killed the match. Real Madrid will need referees again in the final because Dortmund will not have mercy on them.
He may be tired and no longer want to run for an extra 30 minutes. Lol