Until the 86th minute, the ticket to the Champions League semi-finals could be Bayern Munich or Real Madrid. Eduardo Camavinga’s double yellow in less than ten minutes ended up tipping the balance for the Bavarians in a very close match that ended 4-3 in favor of Vincent Kompany’s team, leaving Real Madrid out of the competition.
Camavinga, who had entered the field in the 62nd minute replacing Brahim Díaz, saw the first yellow card in the 78th minute for a grab on Musiala that cut off a promising attack by the German team. Just eight minutes later came the second, and most controversial: The Frenchman brought down Harry Kane with a tactical foul and subsequently moved the ball away from the play, which led the referee to show him the second yellow card. and the subsequent red card for loss of time, leaving Madrid with ten men at the most decisive moment of the match.
The referee’s decision ignited the indignation of the merengue bench. Coach Álvaro Arbeloa did not hide his discomfort after the match. “It’s obvious. You can’t send a player off for something like that. I think the referee didn’t even know he had a card. A tie was ruined, a match that was very nice, very close,” stated the Madrid strategist, who described the action as inexplicable and unfair.
The pain of elimination
At a press conference, Arbeloa deepened his analysis with words full of frustration. “It is an action that nobody understands. It is something inexplicable, unfair and we are very hurt because the tie has gone away in a way that you cannot control”said the coach, who also regretted that the defeat deprived the club of fighting for its sixteenth European Cup.
Real Madrid had stood up to Bayern for much of the match at the Allianz Arena, but the numerical inferiority in the final minutes was decisive for the Bavarians to seal their place in the semifinals.
The elimination leaves the meringues without options in Europe, with LaLiga practically lost and without any title to compete for, making this one of the most complicated seasons for the club in recent years.
The reason for Camavinga’s expulsion was for taking the ball in a foul in favor of Bayern…
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