The Italian coach believes the referee played an important role in overturning the result, and Real Madrid have lost two important points in the fight to preserve the title, even though they are still ahead with 32 points, one point behind their pursuers. Barcelona.
The statements of Ancelotti after the game, reported by the newspaper "brand name" Spanish sports:
• "The position is clear. It’s not a penalty because he didn’t touch the ball with his hand".
• "I talked to Asensio and he told me the ball hit him in the chest".
• "If he had touched the ball with his hand there might have been suspicions, but he didn’t. They invented it".
After a first half without goals, he opened real Madrid The score was set by Vinicius Junior in the 70th minute, but lost the lead after a penalty, which Christian Stuani scored about 10 minutes later.
Things also got worse for the European champions when midfielder Toni Kroos was sent off in extra time after receiving a second yellow card.
Girona, 16th in the standings with 10 points, held firm under the strong pressure of Real Madrid, to snatch a precious point from the "Santiago Benabeu".
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Referee Mario Melero Lopez awarded a penalty in the 79th minute when Real Madrid were leading with a goal, after referring to video assistant technology, while the replay did not confirm that the ball had touched the hand. Marco Asensio Real team player.
The Italian coach believes the referee played an important role in overturning the result, and Real Madrid have lost two important points in the fight to preserve the title, even though they are still ahead with 32 points, one point behind their pursuers. Barcelona.
The statements of Ancelotti after the game, reported by the Spanish sports newspaper “Marca”:
• “The situation is clear. It’s not a penalty because he didn’t touch the ball with his hand.”
• “I spoke to Asensio and he said the ball hit him in the chest.”
• “If he touches the ball with his hand there may be suspicions, but he didn’t. They invented it.”
After a first half without goals, he opened real Madrid The score was set by Vinicius Junior in the 70th minute, but lost the lead after a penalty, which Christian Stuani scored about 10 minutes later.
Things also got worse for the European champions when midfielder Toni Kroos was sent off in extra time after receiving a second yellow card.
Girona, 16th in the standings with 10 points, held out under heavy pressure from Real Madrid to snatch a valuable point from Santiago Benabeu.
