Interpreting the Champions League controversy: Bayern was wronged? Should the equalizer be blown? Why didn't VAR intervene?

Nian Zhou

2024-05-09 08:32Published in Shandong Premier League commentator, Tencent Football Contributing Writer Creator in the field of sports

Bayern was reversed 1-2 by Real Madrid and missed the Champions League final, and De Ligt's draw was blown away, causing huge controversy, so is the referee's decision correct? Let's take a look.

Sequence of events

In the 100th minute of the game, Bayern midfielder made a long pass to the right side of the penalty area, Mazraoui and Mendy competed for the top, at this time the linesman raised the flag to signal offside, and the referee Marzignac immediately blew the whistle.

When the Real Madrid players heard the whistle, they relented and Muller followed up with a header that De Ligt volleyed home with his right foot, but the referee ruled the goal invalid.

Muller and other Bayern players, coach Tuchel, and Kane, who was substituted, were very dissatisfied and protested around the referee, but the referee did not change his opinion, and the score did not change.

The focus of the controversy

The main points of this huge controversy are as follows.

First, is Bayern offside? With no VAR involved, there is no official replay video to watch.

According to beIN Sport's line, both De Ligt and Mazraoui were suspected of offside as Rudiger's outstretched arm was out of the offside spot, only the head, torso and feet counted.

And judging from the video replay of DAZN, the Bayern players seem to be suspected of offside.

There is also the question of why VAR is not involved. This was because the referee had blown the whistle and awarded an offside foul before De Ligt had even scored the goal. So the goal that followed, it was something that happened during the abortive of the game.

According to the rules, VAR intervention consists of four conditions: a valid penalty for a goal, a penalty kick, a direct red card for a foul, and a penalty for confirming the identity of the offending player. This time, the referee's decision has nothing to do with whether the goal is valid or not, and VAR cannot intervene in the offside penalty alone.

This brings us to the biggest controversy: should the referee blow the whistle so early to award offside?

As De Ligt said after the game: "If the offside is not obvious, [the referee] should have let the game continue. It's a shame that Joselu's goal may have been offside, he let the game go on, why is it our turn to be different? ”

Gianpaolo Calvarese, a former Italian referee, said: "The referee must have done the wrong thing, we should have waited and seen and let VAR intervene afterwards and the referee blew the whistle early, so it would have been offside. Referee Marzignac may already be in the dressing room. The first mistake was made by the linesman, who, instead of waiting, chose to raise the flag. Marzignac also had the option to wait, but he opted to blow the whistle, perhaps he lost his attention in the final minutes. ”

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