🚨 Thomas Tuchel on the offside case: “It was a disaster. An absolute disaster and it’s clear violation of the rules”.

“The clear rule is that the scene must continue. The first mistake was made by the linesman, the second by the referee”.

🚨 Xavi: “It’s a pity, our Champions League is over due to referee’s mistake”.

“I just told the referee that he’s been a disaster. It’s the reality”.

🔴 Tuchel: “This is a semifinal, it's not the moment for apologies. Really not”.

“It's not the moment for two huge violations of rules and then an apology”, said about the referee.

Intae Hwang moved his family 7,000 miles from South Korea to New Jersey in 2020 to pursue a career in officiating basketball.

Today, Hwang was named as a full-time NBA referee for the 2023-24 season 👏❤️

(h/t Ben Golliver)

🚨 Thomas Tuchel on referee’s mistake: “This would not have happened on Real Madrid side”.

🚨 Tuchel: “The referee made a huge mistake, there was a penalty for handball”.

“I know it was a crazy situation. They put the ball down, he whistles and the defender takes the ball with his hands”.

“What makes us really angry is the explanation on the pitch. He told our

🚨 Matthijs de Ligt: “I don't want to say that Real Madrid always has the referees with them but that made the difference today”.

“Real, when you think they are dead, have a last breath… that is why they have 14 Champions Leagues”, told Movistar.

No.

Great call by the linesman and referee Marciniak, as BOTH De Ligt (shoulder) and Müller (knee) are contesting the ball from an offside position.

Obstructing the play from an offside position, a basic/straightforward rule . This action should not be controversial whatsoever.

Be careful, Real Madrid are coming at you with players and referees.

Linesman: 'Sorry, I made a mistake.'
Referee: 'We made a mistake.'
De Ligt: 'This is a big big big mistake.'
Müller: 'Referee's decision was strange.'
Tuchel: 'It was a disaster.'

Real Madrid fans: 'Cry more.'

🔵🔴 Xavi: “It’s pointless to discuss about the game… the referee destroyed it all”.

“We can’t stay silent. He changed the game and the entire tie. It was a disaster”.

🚨 OFFICIAL: Slavko Vinčić will referee the Champions League final!

🔴 Thomas Müller sends new message to referee Szymon Marciniak and Real Madrid game vase: “This time the linesman didn‘t raise his flag!”.

“That was definitely an improvement compared to Wednesday”, told DAZN.

She made history earlier this season when becoming the first woman to referee a Premier League game.

Full story: bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

Jessika Carr has been smashing through glass ceilings since she joined WWE, and last night was no different.

At #WWEBacklash France, WWELadyRefJess became the first female official to ever referee a #WWETitle PLE main event match.

This referee is absolutely terrible. Ryan Garcia drops Haney. He’s hurt as hell, holding into Garcia for dear life, forcing Garcia to punch in the clinch. The ref pauses action to deduct point — no warning. Utter bullshit. Garcia drops Haney again twice — yet ref calls both a

So Anthony Edwards stares down a player after a dunk… gets a technical.

Mike Malone chews a referee out face to face and has to be held back… no technical.

Make it make sense.

🔵🔴 Xavi: “We were the best team tonight and we deserved to win”.

“The future with those young talents will be bright for Barça”.

❗️ “I don't need to say anything about the referee, everyone has seen it already - if I speak they may sanction me, the images are there”.

🏆 The referees for each of this season's European club finals have been announced!

#UCLfinal : Slavko Vinčić 🇸🇮

#UWCLfinal : Rebecca Welch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

#UELfinal : Istvan Kovacs 🇷🇴

#UECLfinal : Artur Soares Dias 🇵🇹