The captain of Juventus Gianluigi Buffon claims referee Michael Oliver “wacko”, as real Madrid got to the Champions League semi-final with a controversial penalty.
Serie A giants have stormed back with a 3-0 in the first leg deficit to level the scores at 3-3 on the amount at the Bernabeu on Wednesday evening.
English referee Oliver then received a controversial penalty in added time after the ruling Benatia Mehdi the set of Lucas Vasquez in the field.
Juve players protested furiously against the decision, goalkeeper Buffon gets a red card, and 40-year-old pulled no punches in the official estimates.
Speaking to Sky Sport Italia, he said: “the judge has lost the plot, I accept it.
“I can’t accept the fact that the judge in this game are two such big teams and not have the character, courage and ability to make hard decisions.
“He was clearly not ready. To give a penalty after a memorable match, sending someone who was never a red card for dissent in my life in my last match, is simply not acceptable.
“If you do that, you animal, you have garbage in place of the heart. We made the evening something epic and heroic.”
Benatia was also irritated by the decision, but not praise the way in which Juventus fought in Spain.
“It was a ridiculous case,” defender of Morocco told the club website. “We are very disappointed.
“It is unbelievable that our captain is not allowed to act the referee, a red card was very harsh.
“It hurts to get knocked out, but I’m proud of this team. We had a fantastic game today, in terms of intensity and technique”.
Two headers by Mario Mandzukic and a goal in the second half, Blaise Matuidi was surprisingly dragging Juve back into the contest before the end from the penalty spot Cristiano Ronaldo sent real help.
The Manager of Juventus Massimiliano Allegri, however, was keen to draw a line under the incident with his side four points in the Series And seven of the remaining games.
“There’s no use crying about it,” he said. “We are disappointed, but we have to do it from our system, because we are back in League action on Sunday (against Sampdoria).”
– Digital recording and PA
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