Despite presenting a game to glory, Chelsea were relegated from the Champions League last night after a huge battle at the Bernabeu.
The Thomas Tuchel blues already led with a 0: 3 advantage over Real Madrid and actually erased the 3: 1 deficit from the first game, but then the Blancos managed to recover with two goals (the most critical of which in overtime) en route to the factory semi-finals.
At the end, the German coach of the Blues had a hard time accepting the verdict and made clear accusations towards the refereeing team: "When you see the referee smiling and joking with the opposing coach (Klo Ancelotti) you understand that this is a bad timing. No doubt I told him that too. I "Definitely disappointed with him, he made a living with Ancelotti. When I wanted to go say goodbye to him he just smiled and laughed with Carlo."
Tuchel.
Do not accept the verdict, Photo: Reuters
"It just does not look good and it is wrong to behave in this way after the final whistle of a tense overtime," Tuchel continued to shoot, "I know Ancelotti is a gentleman and a great guy, but when I wanted to congratulate him at the end of the game, I saw the referee laughing out loud and smiling with The opposing coach .. ".
On the disqualification of Marcus Alons' goal, the coach added: "It's probably too much to ask when you play against this opponent. The referee didn't even check the goal. I think he should have stayed the boss and not let a detached person sitting in a chair make decisions. When you play against "Real Madrid may not want you to expect everyone to have the courage they need. It happened in both games."
Chelsea say goodbye to the Bernabeu with a sour victory,
Tuchel concluded with quite a bit of disappointment: "We made two critical mistakes, which cost us dearly. We deserved to step up after tonight's game, but apparently it was not meant to happen. We have no regrets, we just come out proud of such a meeting."
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