Thomas Tuchel has revealed his frustrations with the referee following Chelsea's Champions League defeat to Real Madrid but not necessarily because of his performance across 120 minutes of football. The Blues had seen Marcos Alonso's goal ruled out via VAR during the second half of the quarter-final clash, but it appears the 48-year-old's issue was not that when the full-time whistle went.
Tuchel was seen in animated discussion with Szymon Marciniak following the evening's proceedings at the Bernabeu, with the German coach visibly angry with the official. The former Borussia Dortmund boss had consoled some of his players before greeting the referee and was triggered by the interaction in advance of his own.
Marciniak has greeted Carlo Ancelotti, who was obviously basking in his side's victory, but Tuchel took offence to the ref's reaction. He said:"I was disappointed that the referee had a good time with my colleague, Carlo Ancelotti. I know Carlo is a gentleman and a nice guy, but when I wanted to go and say thank you for the match, I saw him smiling and laughing loudly with the opponents' coach.
