Madrid April 19 (IANS) Bayern Munich manager Carlo Ancelotti has come down heavily on the standard of refereeing in the Champions League quaretr-final second leg against Real Madrid saying such poor standards of officiating should never happen at this level.
We had thought of everything going into this game -- except the referee Ancelotti was quoted as saying by the BBC on Wednesday.
You can t decide a semi-final spot like this. It shouldn t happen at this level.
Real Madrid won Tuesday night s match 4-2 thanks to a hattrick from star forward Cristiano Ronaldo for a 6-3 aggregate win over the two legs.
The match saw a lot of controversy with questions over the second and third goals by Ronaldo which appeared to have been scored from off-side positions.
Bayern and Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal was also given his marching orders in the second half for two bookable offences -- the second one was quite clearly a clean tackle on Real s Marco Asensio.
The referee probably wasn t up to the task Ancelotti said.
I don t think Real Madrid have any influence on referees. The officials simply got it wrong. I had never been in favour of video technology but I must admit it s necessary now.
The 57-year-old Italian also praised his players performance asserting that Bayern were on track until the red card to Vidal.
We turned in a really good display I m proud of my players who played with commitment and gave it everything. We came very close to the semi-finals. Some decisions by the referee ultimately decided the match Ancelotti told the Bayern Munich website.
I know it can happen in football but not so often at this level. We were in control until the red card.
--IANS
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Ancelotti blames poor refereeing for Champions League defeat
