Football referee from Hungary Viktor Kassai will remember this Champions League quarter-final for the rest of his life. Never before has this referee received so much and such harsh criticism, which can even change his career, wrote lrytas.lt
In the second leg of the quarter-finals on Tuesday, Madrid's "Real" beat Munich's "Bayern" by 4:2 in extra time. Fans would have loved to see this pair in the final, but with an overall score of 6:3, "Real" made it to the semi-finals, leaving the German giants only able to fight with lightning.
The Bundesliga representatives were upset by A. Vidal's dismissal from the field, the goals scored by "Real" from the offside position, and the home team players not punished for their theatrics.
"Before these matches, we considered everything that could happen, except the referee. You simply cannot determine the outcome of the semi-final with such a decision. In such a level, such things should not happen. The referee was probably not prepared for these matches," said Carlo Ancelotti. "I do not think that 'Real' had any influence on his work, the referees themselves just did a bad job. I've never been so in favor of video replay technology."
But the real fire was directed at V. Kassai not from C. Ancelotti. "Bayern" director Karl Heinz Rummenigge accused the Hungarian of "killing the match."
"It was an incredibly emotional performance. Both clubs can be praised. Our team did everything and we should not forget that. We saw fantastic football, but the referee made several very controversial decisions against us. The referee became our killer," said the legend.
And not for the first time, Arjen Robben, who fiercely looked at V. Kassai on the field, accused the referee of "stealing."
"It's a shame because we saw very amazing matches. The whole world saw two powerful teams playing excellently. But these matches were determined by crucial referee decisions. I don't like to talk about the referees' work because one must always look at oneself, but in this case, it was not just one mistake. There were more of them and they were crucial decisions that determined the outcome," complained A. Robben.
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