Matthijs de Ligt, a defender for Bayern Munich, has disclosed what the linesman told him following the contentious decision to disallow his late goal against Real Madrid.

De Ligt’s goal late in injury time at the end of the second half gave Real a 4-3 aggregate advantage.

Since the linesman had already called the goal offside, VAR was unable to step in and the goal was declared invalid. 

Given that his goal would have sent the game into extra time, De Ligt was quite irritated by the ruling. 

As it happened, Real Madrid won, and Joselu, a replacement, was the game’s MVP with two goals. 

De Ligt disclosed that the linesman expressed regret for the choice he had made. 

‘If it’s offside, it’s offside,’ De Ligt stated to beIN SPORTS. However, I believe that there are regulations in football, and one of them is that you have to continue playing if there isn’t a definite offside, which there wasn’t since I couldn’t tell if it was offside or not.

“I think it’s a big mistake if you go in the last few minutes and whistle like this.” You can check to see if it’s offside, but how can you see it if you don’t check? Rudiger’s second goal is nearly offside. It’s okay if he whistles, but there’s a difference now, which is unfortunate.

“I’m sorry, I made a mistake, and I can’t buy anything for that,” the linesman remarked to me. I don’t want to put the burden for a win or a loss on the referee, but since you win 2-1, you have to prevail. If anything is a rule, I believe it to be so. 

The linesman, according to Paul Scholes, was too hasty to raise his flag.

‘I’m not convinced it’s offside,’ Scholes remarked on TNT Sports. The linesman is moving too quickly for him to raise his flag. He must wait. 

It was decided that Noussair Mazraoui of Bayern was offside prior to De Ligt hitting the ball.

It was a close decision, as replays suggested that Mazraoui might have been onside.

Following a 2-2 tie in the first leg, Alphonso Davies gave Bayern the lead with a stunning goal in the second leg. 

After De Ligt’s goal was disallowed and Joselu’s brace, Real Madrid advanced to the championship game at Wembley, where they will take on Jude Bellingham’s former team, Borussia Dortmund.