At what point, exactly, does the relentlessly unpredictable start to become oddly routine? As ever, this was an absolute nut‑show of a football match inside Real Madrid’s steamy Centre Court‑style megadrome.
Every ex-Stoke, Newcastle and Eintracht Frankfurt journeyman has his day. And this was the day of Joselu, Madrid’s 34‑year‑old own-brand Benzema, who scored with two of his first three touches in the final moments of a Champions League semi-final to turn 1-0 down into 2-1 up and another final for these irresistible power-meringues.
"The ref whistled and we stopped playing," Ancelotti - as quoted by Germany's Kicker Magazine - noted in his post-match interview, "but maybe there was some poetic justice to it. Bayern are complaining about this goal that wasn't given and we're complaining about the other one that wasn't recognized. Kimmich also dove."
Ancelotti was referring to a scene in the 71st in which a goal from Nacho was disallowed when replays confirmed that the Real captain had hit Joshua Kimmich in the face. Few will have disagreed with the VAR intervention in this case. In any event, Ancelotti took the stance that his team should have been granted their own equalizer much earlier.
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