Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel was not impressed by Carlo Ancelotti and referee Szymon Marciniak after Real Madrid vs. Chelsea last night:’ I saw the referee smiling and laughing and with the opposition coach.’
The Merengues lost 3-2 at the Bernabeu last night but still managed to qualify for the Champions League semi-finals beating the Blues 5-4 on aggregate.
The Premier League giants saw a Marcos Alonso goal disallowed in the second half due to handball, minutes before Timo Werner’s third goal. Tuchel was visibly unhappy during and after the match and blamed the referee and Ancelotti at a post-match presser.
“I like Carlo Ancelotti. He is a very nice man. When I went to go and shake his hand, I saw the referee smiling and laughing and with the opposition coach,” he said.
“This is a very bad time to do this, and I told him this.
“I’m very disappointed for the referee that he did not check [the disallowed Alonso goal] … but that’s what you get when you play Real Madrid in the Champions League. We had a huge deficit to overcome.”
Ancelotti’s Real Madrid will face Manchester City or Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals. The Italian tactician has won the Champions League five times during his career. Twice as a footballer and three times as a coach. He became European Champions twice in charge of Milan and once as the Real Madrid coach.
The former Rossoneri boss is en route to winning his first La Liga title as a coach, enjoying a 12-point lead over second-placed Barcelona, who have a game in hand. This season, Ancelotti has won the Spanish Supercup, becoming the first Italian coach to do so.
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— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) April 13, 2022
Sore loser, and someone who doesn’t look like he laughs very often.
how dare he laugh doesn’t he know how serious we germans are!
I did notice some more favorable referee decisions for Real Madrid recently. They always get them in the UCL. Foul by Benzema on Donnarumma. A foul by Casemiro on Havertz in the box. Both ignored. The cancelled goal by Alonso, was their really a handball?
13 or is it 14 UCL wins for Real? I am not sure it is entirely down to great players. (obviously they have some legends!)
The second goal which Chelsea scored of a corner kick was actually not a corner… .y is tuchel complaining…
Get used to it Tuchel. Juve got knocked out by a soft penalty in INJURY time to Madrid a few years back when Buffon lost it. Juve get those calls in Italy, but in Europe RM are the kings of being favorited. But you earn your luck. It’s not like they don’t play well.
What’s Tuchel implying, if he’s got an accusation then come out and say it, his team blew a great opportunity being 3_0 up. He needs to look at himself instead of trying to smear Ancelloti.