A disallowed goal in Leipzig against Real Madrid (for a slight but well-justified offside) caused controversy on the Canal Football Club set, with Laure Boulleau recalling that Casa Blanca was “often” favored by the referees…
The round of 16 first leg of the Champions League between RB Leipzig and Real Madrid on Tuesday evening caused a huge controversy. And yet… The referees denied the German team a goal from the start (3rd), even though Benjamin Sesko, who scored with a header, was not offside at all. The assistant referee directly raised his flag, then the video assistant confirmed offside to the center…
However, the referees’ decision is absolutely justified because on Xaver Schlager’s strike, if Sesko is covered by Rodrygo, Benjamin Henrichs was offside right in front of the goal and touched Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin. The former Monegasque therefore interfered with the action and hampered an opponent in an offside position (which is judged by a teammate’s last touch).
Laure Boulleau anti-Real Madrid
At half-time of the match, on Canal+, the panel returned to this disallowed goal which Sidney Govou (the stadium consultant) did not understand live. While the sports journalist Gauthier Kuntzmann nevertheless explained the referees’ decision, the presenter Hervé Mathoux, visibly not attentive to the explanation of the offside, launched Samir Nasri, Olivier Dacourt and Laure Boulleau into an absolutely lunar debate for veterans French internationals.
The C+ star consultant then questioned the honesty of the arbitrators. “ We often feel that things are leaning towards them », Launched the former side about Real Madrid. On this same plateau, the one who played for PSG had already denounced the arbitration decisions favorable to Casa Blanca by referring to the Parisian elimination of March 2022, precipitated by a fault admittedly not whistled by Karim Benzema on Gianluigi Donnarumma.
