Bayern Munich offside call: Why De Ligt goal vs Real Madrid in Champions League was disallowed without VAR

Real Madrid completed a miraculous comeback against Bayern Munich in the second leg of their Champions League semifinal, reaching the European title match against Borussia Dortmund by a 4-3 aggregate score.

Joselu's late brace off the bench snatched victory from the jaws of defeat as the German side collapsed at the Bernabeu, appearing to be through on an Alphonso Davies thunderbolt but failing to hang on in a 2-1 defeat.

However, the result didn't come without enormous controversy, as Bayern Munich had a late equalising goal by Matthijs de Ligt deep in stoppage time ruled out for offside. The assistant referee flagged for offside in the buildup to rule out the goal, and while replays appeared to show the decision was incorrect, it was not reviewed by VAR.

The Sporting News explains exactly what happened and why the goal was chalked off, and not reviewed by the offside technology.

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With Real Madrid up 2-1 and the match deep into nine minutes of stoppage time, Bayern Munich threw everything forward hoping for a last-gasp equaliser to send the match to extra-time.

A ball from deep by Josh Kimmich was delivered by Bayern Munich towards the top of the penalty area, where Noussair Mazraoui battled for the ball with a defender. It is initially met by the head of Ferland Mendy, but not fully cleared, Bayern substitute Thomas Muller pounced on the bobbling ball, nodding it laterally to Matthijs de Ligt, a defender playing forward as an emergency striker on a late desperation play from manager Thomas Tuchel.

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De Ligt managed to free himself for Muller's