Carlo Ancelotti later criticized referee Artur Soares Dias real Madrid‘S 1-1 draw Together Manchester City In the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday, City’s equalizer should not have stood.
Kevin De Bruyne City equalize in the 67th minute at the Santiago Bernabeu – after Vinicius Jr. A superb first-half goal – to leave the tie wide open ahead of the second leg at the Etihad Stadium on 17 May – had put Madrid ahead.
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The Italian coach said he had seen TV images which showed the ball had gone out of play on a nearby touchline seconds before De Bruyne’s goal.
“it looked like [the ball] was outside,” Ancelotti told Movistar. “And before that, there was a corner that [the referee] Did not give The referee was not very careful. He gave me a yellow card and I said ‘Put them on the pitch, not out!’
“It was out. I’m not saying that, technology does,” Ancelotti added in his post-match news conference. “It amazes me. They are small details, but the referee was not attentive. The player deserved more cards on the pitch, no [me] off the pitch.”
The tie is a repeat of last year’s Champions League semi-final, which saw Madrid progress 6-5 on aggregate after a dramatic 3-1 second leg comeback at the Bernabeu.
,[The feeling] “Good,” Ancelotti said after Tuesday’s game. It was a good game, the result doesn’t give us our reward, but this tie will be even until the last minute.”
City coach Pep Guardiola said his team had been unable to take advantage of the control they had in the first half and hoped to change their strategy ahead of the second leg.
“This is football,” said Guardiola, when asked about City’s failure to score earlier. “It is Real Madrid. I was not surprised. We have to see how we can balance if we can attack a little bit.”
,[David] anyway and [Antonio] Rüdiger was so close to Erling [Haaland], The places between centre-back and full-back were occupied, finding a place for Erling was not easy. We will try to make some changes to play with some more rhythm.”
