Chelsea’s crown defense in the Champions League ended in the quarter-finals on Tuesday, despite winning the second leg 3-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu, losing 5-4 overall. – ESPN + Spectator Guide: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, FA Cup, more After a 3-1 draw last week, Chelsea extended the lead as goals from Mason Mount, Antonio Rudiger and Timo Werner made it 3-0 before substitute Rodrygo kept the tie alive and Karim Benzema scored the decisive blow. in extension. Tuhel was seen protesting angrily with the referees at the end and when asked what had upset him, the 48-year-old said: “I was disappointed with the referee. He had a good time with my colleague Carlo Ancelotti, who is a good gentleman, but when I wanted to go and say ‘thank you for the fight’, I saw him laughing, smiling and laughing out loud with his opponent. I think this is the very, very wrong time to do this after the last whistle, after 126 minutes with a team giving their heart and fighting to the last drop. “Going as a coach and seeing the referee laugh and smile with the other coach I think is very, very bad timing and I told him that. That was it.” Thomas Tuchel talks to the referee during Chelsea’s Champions League match against Real Madrid. Getty Images Chelsea were upset that Marcos Alonso was canceled in the second half at 2-0 for a handball decision made after the VAR review, a decision that Marsinyak did not review on the pitch. “At some point I may have problems,” Tuhel continued. “If you play against Real Madrid, you may not expect everyone to have the courage. “I felt small decisions in the first part and in the second part today as well [went against us]. I did not see the goal, but I told him that I am very disappointed that he does not come out and does not check it himself. “In a match like this where you have a certain line to whistle, you have to stay the boss and not make such decisions to someone in a chair that is isolated from the atmosphere and the way. The referee has a certain style, things allows and does not allow, follows a specific line, so I think he should be responsible and control it himself, then he could also explain it better. “But that’s just my opinion. We deserve more, but in the end we felt we had more minutes to play in the second half of extra time. Maybe it’s too much to ask in games like this one with this opponent. We had it in our hands and we were not lucky enough, it’s like that “.
