Champions League
Al-Kalaifi banged on doors screaming and looked for referees in dressing rooms
Paris President Nasser al-Kalaifi stormed into the Bernabeu dressing room screaming to protest to the referees. Spanish reports claim he kicked in doors and called the police.
Incredible scenes played out after referee Danny Macelli’s final whistle in the match between Real and Paris. Excitement over Karim Benzema’s hat-trick propelled the Spaniards into the quarter-finals of the Champions League after a 3-1 win at the Santiago Bernabeu, although the French have serious complaints about the equalizer’s goal.
Gianluigi Donaruma demanded an aggressive foul from Benzema from the first moment but the phase was also investigated by the VAR and attributed nothing.
At the end of the game, the players protested loudly to the Dutch referee, who has also officiated several Interwetten Super League games, but nothing lasted for Makeli.
According to Spanish broadcaster Movistar+, Paris President and a member of the UEFA Executive Committee, Nasser al-Kalaifi, came out of the official dressing room screaming and looking for the referees. According to reports by Spanish journalists, he even kicked the door of what he thought was the referees’ dressing room, but turned out to be the office of a Real Madrid official.
Calmer people reportedly tried to calm him down, but police were reportedly called to intervene.
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