In the second leg of their Champions League semi-final, Bayern was ahead 1-0 until Joselu, a substitute, struck twice in three minutes in the 88th minute.
Matthijs de Ligt thought he had equalized with Bayern down 2-1 in stoppage time, but assistant referee Tomasz Listkiewicz had already raised his flag for offside.
Television replays revealed that the initial call may not have been offside and that the video assistant referee (VAR) would have needed to review it. Real defenders halted before De Ligt blasted into the net.
VAR could not get involved because play had stopped. “It was a very, very bad decision” and “against the rules,” Tuchel said to Sports.
“The linesman and the referee made a terrible decision. In the end, it seems like a betrayal,” he remarked.
“The linesman apologizes, but it doesn’t make a difference. Raising the flag at this particular moment…
We get the second ball, and the referee sees that we get the shot.
