Chelsea have had a very difficult time recently, following an affair over Roman Abramovich whose owners were confiscated and forced to sell the club and left him uncertain – but yesterday the European champions managed to mobilize and astonish the continent when they climbed to a 0: 3 advantage over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu and imitated The 3: 1 deficit from the first game. To the great sorrow of Chelsea, they met a club with no less strength, and Real knew how to “equalize” to 3: 1, and in overtime scored a “victory” goal that lifted the Blancos to the Champions League semi-finals, leaving Chelsea proud but heartbroken.
While Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti praised the “magic of the Santiago Bernabeu”, Chelsea well remembered the controversial decision to disqualify them from Marcos Alonso’s goal. “We are very disappointed and very proud at the same time, because we played a great game,” said Thomas Tuchel. “But there are no regrets. You lose such pride. Like an athlete.
Tuchel did not like the referee’s conduct: “I’m disappointed he did not check the goal in VAR, in a game like this you must remain the boss and not let someone in the chair upstairs make decisions for you, when he is far from the pitch and style the referee allows and things he allows or not.” The coach also said about the Polish referee Simon Marciniak: “I was very disappointed to find him laughing and having fun with my colleague Carlo Ancelotti at the end. I know Ancelotti is a gentleman and a good guy, and when I congratulated him at the end of the game, I saw the referee laughing out loud and smiling “It’s very, very wrong to do such a thing after the final whistle, after 126 minutes when one team gives all the heart and fights, and you see the referee laugh and smile with the opposing coach.”