New angle of critical offside incident – that Thomas Tuchel branded ‘an absolute disaster’ – is revealed… after Bayern Munich were denied late equaliser against Real Madrid by apologetic officials

A newly revealed angle has emerged on the controversial offside incident that denied Bayern Munich a late equalizer against Real Madrid, a ruling Thomas Tuchel called ‘an absolute disaster’.

A rocking Bernabeu saw the hosts complete a late turnaround to win 2-1 on the evening thanks to Joselu’s brace, and 4-3 on aggregate, after capitalizing on a shock error from Bayern keeper Manuel Neuer.

The German visitors found the equalizer in injury time through Matthijs de Ligt, but it was cleared because Noussair Mazraoui was offside and the assistant referee’s flag stopped the game, meaning The VAR could not intervene, which was an error in the protocol, and the goal was not allowed to stand.

According to an angle shared by beIN Sports after the match: and shared on X (formerly Twitter)Mazraoui was onside in the run-up to De Ligt’s goal, so the bet would have counted if the game had been allowed to continue.

Bayern boss Tuchel was on the verge of tears after the match, with the controversial call at the heart of his anger following the Champions League exit.

Bayern Munich’s Matthijs de Ligt had a late equalizer at Real Madrid disallowed for offside

Bayern Munich boss Thomas Tuchel reacted angrily to the decision, which he called ‘a disaster’

During an interview with DAZN, according to BILTuchel said: ‘This is a disaster, Toni’s (Antonio Rudiger) leg is probably deeper than Mazraoui. It’s an absolute disaster.’

He added: ‘Imagine Real Madrid letting them keep running when they score their second goal. It would have been the same, the ball goes to Toni and the whistle blows. The situation must be played out to the end. That’s the rule. Especially when she’s so close to the gate. Especially when it’s so tight.

‘The assistant makes the first mistake, the referee makes the second mistake. He doesn’t have to whistle, he can just wait.

‘That also happened with the second goal. This is a violation of the rules.”

Officials are generally advised to defer their offside calls if they are wrong, although it is not clear why this did not happen in Madrid.

Tuchel told TNT Sports that the assistant referee had apologized to him for flagging early in a move that could have cost his team the match.

De Ligt said being into sports that the linesman also apologized to him for the decision.

De Ligt led the protests on the field, but because the flag was already up, nothing could be done

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De Ligt told beIN SPORTS that the linesman also apologized to him for the decision

‘If it’s offside, it’s offside. “But I think we have made rules in football and the rules are: if it is not clearly offside – which it wasn’t because I don’t see yet whether it is offside or not – you have to keep playing,” he said.

“If you go in the last minutes and whistle like that, I think it’s a big mistake. You can check whether it is offside or not, but if you don’t check it, how can you tell?

‘Rudiger’s second goal is almost offside. If he whistles, okay, but now there is a difference and this is a shame.

‘The linesman said to me: I’m sorry, I made a mistake, I can’t buy anything for that.

‘I’m not the type of person who wants to blame the referee for a loss or a win, but it means you have to win because you win 2-1. I guess if it’s a rule, it’s a rule.’

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Paul Scholes claimed the linesman raised his flag too quickly.

Scholes told TNT Sports: ‘I’m not sure if it’s offside. When the linesman wants to raise his flag… he’s too hasty. He has to wait.’

Real Madrid will face Bayern’s Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final at Wembley next month.