The great controversy in the play prior to De Bruyne’s goal that caused Ancelotti’s anger after Real Madrid’s draw against Manchester City

The draw between Real Madrid and Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in the first leg of the semifinals of the Champions League left a bitter taste in the Spanish team, which was in front on the scoreboard after a great goal from vinicius junior, but could not hold the advantage in the second half. there appeared Kevin De Bruyne to score 1-1 for the team led by Pep Guardiola. However, the Belgian’s goal was under scrutiny after it was observed in a video that the ball would be out of the field at the start of the play.

At the origin of the action that ended in a goal from De Bruyne, Bernardo Silva threw himself to prevent the ball from going to the side. The Portuguese managed to control the ball with his left foot, which continued on the field. The action continued Eduardo Camavinga he lost the ball and that second play led to City’s recovery and the subsequent assist from Ilkay Güdogan for De Bruyne’s spectacular goal. Carlo Ancelotti and Vinicius complained to the referee Artur Dias that he should have charged for Real Madrid.

Minutes later, the Madrid fans flooded the social networks with comments, pointing out in a video published by the media Bein Sports in which they demonstrate through the use of 3D technology that the ball driven by Bernardo Silva effectively was out of bounds. The debate continued in the channel’s studios, where some journalists claimed the use of the chip on the ball to resolve these issues, but the fans insisted that there was a “robbery” against the white team, in addition to questioning the VAR for not having intervened.

The concrete thing is that according to the regulations, the VAR did well not to review the action, since the play continued and there was even a recovery of the ball by the Real Madrid player. The outcome was De Bruyne’s goal, but that happened seconds later in a second phase of attack. At the end of the match, Ancelotti showed his anger against the referee, to whom he claimed a lack of attention in the game: “I’ve seen the repeated image on television in 3D technology and the ball comes out. It has not been with the VAR technology because they had not seen it ”.

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