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Thomas Tuchel had tears in his eyes as he tore into officials in a new blast after Bayern Munich were controversially denied a potential late equaliser against Real Madrid.
The Bundesliga giants crashed out of the Champions League on Wednesday night, as Los Blancos booked their place in next month's final at Wembley with a 4-3 aggregate victory, after two late goals from former Stoke forward Joselu.
However, that wasn't the last of the drama, as Matthijs de Ligt netted in the 13th minute of injury time which would have sent the game to extra time, only for Polish referee Szymon Marciniak to have blown his whistle for offside moments before the ball hit the back of the net.
Replays showed that the call was extremely tight, with Bayern's Noussair Mazraoui appearing at first glance to be onside despite the call. Due to the whistle already being blown, VAR could not intervene.
During an interview with DAZN, as per BILD, Tuchel was visibly seen fighting back the tears as he hit out at a 'complete violation of the rules'.
Thomas Tuchel fought back the tears in a new blast at officials after Bayern Munich were denied a potential late equaliser during their Champions League defeat to Real Madrid
Matthijs de Ligt was denied a late equaliser after it was adjudged there was an offside in the build-up, with the linesman flagging early
Bayern Munich were left to rue the controversial decision which otherwise could have seen the game to extra time at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night
He said: 'This is a disaster, Toni's (Antonio Rudiger) leg is probably deeper than Mazraoui. It's an absolute disaster.'
He added: 'Imagine if Real Madrid let them keep running when they score their second goal. It would have been the same, the ball goes to Toni and the whistle is blown. The situation must be played out to the end. That's the rule. Especially when she's so close to the gate. Especially when it’s so tight.
'The assistant makes the first mistake, the referee makes the second mistake. He doesn't have to
