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Vinicius Jr gives Spaniards 14th Champions League title
On BT Sport’s coverage of the match Rio Ferdinand said: “The ball comes off a Liverpool player and it’s deemed offside?”
“If I’m a Real Madrid player, I’m going bananas in that changing room!”
Benzema broke in behind the Liverpool defence brilliantly to get onto the end of David Alaba’s superb long-range pass, before striking what he thought was his 16th Champions League goal of the season.
Alisson would have breathed the biggest sigh of relief inside the Stade De France as he failed to cut out Benzema’s initial cutback and instead sparked chaos as the ball deflected off his knee.
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Ex-prem referee Mark Halsey
Here’s what SunSport columnist Mark Halsey said:
KARIM BENZEMA’S disallowed goal for offside in the first half of the Champions League final was the correct decision.
This was a complex situation and that is why it took three minutes and 22 seconds for the VAR team to make their call.
The first thing to say is the Real Madrid striker was in an offside position because there was only one Liverpool player between him and the goal.
Benzema originally had broken the offside trap, cut inside and after a mix up between Alisson and Ibrahima Konate, the ball broke to Federico Valverde.
The Real midfielder touched the ball forward and that is key because although Konate and Fabinho deflected the ball into Benzema’s path, their actions were deemed as not a deliberate play, the initial offside does not get reset.
Law 11 offside states: a player in an offside position at the moment the ball is played or touched by a team-mate is only penalised on becoming involved in active play by gaining an advantage by playing the ball or interfering with an opponent when it has: rebounded or been deflected off the goalpost, crossbar, match official or an opponent
But Real Madrid did later take the lead on the hour mark with Vinicius Jr tapping home Valverde’s low cross after being judged onside, but by a tight margin.
And that was enough with Liverpool unable to find a way past an imperious Thibaut Courtois as Madrid ran out 1-0 winners to lift the trophy.
Unfortunately for Uefa, Benzema’s disallowed goal was one of several controversial incidents during the Champions League final.
Fans watching at home complained that the TV angle was too distant while also slamming the pre-match performance of singer Camilla Cabello.
There was also chaos outside the stadium as fans were blocked from entry, leading to the game being delayed three times and eventually kicking off at 8:36 pm GMT.