Real Madrid midfielder Toni Kroos believes that the disallowed goal in Leipzig on Tuesday evening in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League should have been awarded.
Was Mr. Peljto’s refereeing during the round of 16 first leg between Leipzig and Real Madrid pro-Merengue? This is what Laure Boulleau and many observers thought on Tuesday evening, after the goal denied to Benjamin Sesko in the second minute of play.
If an offside position was first signaled by the assistant referee on the contested action, it seems that it was a slight push from Benjamin Henrichs behind the back of Andriy Lunin which was finally accepted to invalidate this opening score for the Germans.
A decision taken after consultation with the VAR which does not convince, even in the Spanish ranks. So Toni Kroos expressed doubts about this fact of the game, which changed everything since the White House then won thanks to a – sumptuous – goal from Brahim Diaz (0-1).
For Kroos, “the goal should have been awarded”
“In the end, I think he (Mr. Peljto) calls offside because Hendrichs is in the path of the goalkeeper, but Lunin is far from the ball. That’s why, yes, the goal should have been awarded.”said the experienced German midfielder after the match.
Enough to fuel the controversy while Leipzig is now in a delicate position before the return match, which will take place on March 6 at Santiago-Bernabeu. And comfort those who think that the coin often falls, strangely, on the side of Real Madrid…
