MUNICH (AP) 鈥� Real Madrid coach 脕lvaro Arbeloa slammed referee Slavko Vin膷i膰鈥檚 鈥渋nexplicable鈥� decision to send off Eduardo Camavinga toward the end of on Wednesday.
Vin膷i膰 blew the whistle for a foul after Bayern forward Harry Kane went down under minimal contact from Camavinga and clutched his shin as if in pain. Vin膷i膰 then showed the Madrid substitute his second yellow card, but appeared to forget that he鈥檇 booked him already. He was reminded by Bayern players including Jamal Musiala, Joshua Kimmich, and Aleksandar Pavlovi膰, and subsequently sent the player off.
Luis D铆az scored three minutes later to equalize at 3-3 on the night, putting Bayern 5-4 up on aggregate, before Michael Olise made sure of the win in stoppage time, giving Bayern a 6-4 win over two legs.
鈥淓verything was over with the red card,鈥� Arbeloa said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 unbelievable. You cannot send off a player for this action. It鈥檚 not fair in a match like that, and well, we are very, very upset, very angry, but also congratulations to Bayern Munich.鈥�
Arda Guler scored twice and Kylian Mbapp茅 scored the other as Madrid threatened a comeback after losing the first leg of the quarterfinal 2-1 in Madrid last week.
Arbeloa said the sending off was 鈥渃ompletely inexplicable and unfair.鈥�
鈥淭he tie slipped away from us in a way that was beyond our control, and I feel terrible for my players, for the effort they put in,鈥� he said.
鈥淚鈥檓 very proud of them, of the fans, of everyone who traveled, of those at home, and of the club. What hurts most about this defeat is that we won鈥檛 win the sixteenth (European title) this year, and 鈥� above all 鈥� because of the way it happened.鈥�
Madrid faces the prospect of a second consecutive season without a trophy as it trails Barcelona by nine points in La Liga with seven rounds remaining and was knocked out of the Spanish Cup by second-division side Albacete Balompi茅 in January.
It will most likely be the second season Mbapp茅 finishes without a major trophy since joining Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain in 2024.
PSG won the Champions League the next season and is back in the semifinals 鈥� where it faces Bayern 鈥� later this month and May.
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