The work of V. Kassai in Madrid: did the referee make a mistake only on one side? (episode review)

After the scandalous matches of Madrid's "Real" and Munich's "Bayern" in the press, there is still talk about the decisions of Hungarian referee Viktor Kassai.

Yesterday's return UEFA Champions League quarter-final in Madrid, "Real" defeated "Bayern" team with a score of 4-2 after extra time. There were many questionable decisions by the referee in the match - starting from a penalty kick and ending with Arturo Vidal's dismissal and Cristiano Ronaldo's goals from offside positions.

On the internet, news is exploding about unfairly made decisions against "Bayern". This is a completely normal reaction, as "Real" advanced to the next stage. The referee's decisions strongly contributed to the advancement of the "white" team to the next stage, but looking more closely at other moments of the match, it should be acknowledged that V. Kassai also wrongly favored the home team.

The first controversial referee decision was made in the 51st minute when a penalty kick was awarded to "Real". Casemiro brought down Arjen Robben in the penalty area, but the video replay shows that the Brazilian did not touch A. Robben's leg, and he fell to the ground after a possible contact.

Another decision that caused a lot of discussion was made in the 84th minute when Arturo Vidal was shown a second yellow card and Bayern was left to play with ten men. The match referee recorded the Chilean's dangerous play against Marco Asensio and showed him a yellow card.

The most attention was drawn to two offside decisions not called during extra time. The first episode was in the 105th minute when C. Ronaldo scored the equalizing goal. In this episode, a blatant offside was not signaled by the assistant referee.

All the footage of the episodes is included in the text.