Twitter erupts with rage after Ronaldo's offside go-ahead goal
Calls for Video Assistant Referees were strengthened by a shocking call and non-call which both victimized Bayern Munich during Tuesday's Champions League semi-final encounter with Real Madrid.
First, Arturo Vidal was wrongly shown his second yellow card of the match for a supposed foul, despite replays showing the Chilean produce a legal slide tackle.
The German side was on the wrong end of another unbelievable call in extra time that ultimately cost them a place in the semi-final when Cristiano Ronaldo scored the go-ahead goal to make it 4-3 on aggregate while clearly standing in an offside position.
Needless to say, social media was up in arms over the poor officiating afterwards:
That's a disgraceful decision. There's a clear red line of defenders.
— Tony Barrett (@TonyBarrett) April 18, 2017
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— Gerard Piqué (@3gerardpique) April 18, 2017
VAR will mean something different very soon. Tonight it's a case of Very Advantageous for Ronaldo.
— Richard Conway (@richard_conway) April 18, 2017
Next Scandal!!!! 1 meter offside ‼️ #RMAFCB @FCBayern
— Michael Ballack (@Ballack) April 18, 2017
Is it actually a rematch now⁉️ 🙈
Never a red card, offside goal. Need a handball on the goalline that goes unnoticed for a perfect cunttrick
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) April 18, 2017
The referees for this game should be banned to U-15 games.
— Fernando Duarte (@Fernando_Duarte) April 18, 2017
Ronaldo looked distinctly offside there. Couple that with Vidal's second and it's been a very unlucky night for Bayern.
— Stefan Bienkowski (@SBienkowski) April 18, 2017
A prayer for Carlo Ancelotti's eyebrow
— James Tyler (@JamesTylerESPN) April 18, 2017
When your offside goal isn't disallowed #RMAFCB pic.twitter.com/GPRkwkK91m
— James (@germanpyramid) April 18, 2017
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