The 5 most controversial finals in the Champions League – El Financiero

This Saturday will take place the great Champions League final 2021-22 in Paris, where the Real Madrid and the Liverpool will face each other once again to become creditors of ‘the orejona‘; for Liverpool it would be his seventh cup, while the meringues would be taking home the trophy for the fourteenth time.

Both clubs are considered two of those with the greatest tradition in European football, as well as being among the most successful in Europe: Real Madrid is the one who takes the crown with 13 tournaments won, while Liverpool, six.

The Champions League finals are always a pretext for pamboleros at heart to get together and enjoy the meeting between the two teams that will seek to be the new champion; currently this title is held by Chelsea.

along the Champions League history there have been matches worth remembering, either for their number of goals, for the moves made in the match or for being the most controversialespecially when Real Madrid is one of the rivals and the VAR was not yet included to help the referees to corroborate plays.

Controversial Champions League finals

• Fiorentina vs. Real Madrid (1957): In what was the second final of the Champions League (previously called the European Cup), Madrid were the ones who opened the scoring during the second half of the match with a Di Stefano penalty… scored 6 meters outside the area. This error would give the lead to the Spanish team and its victory with a score of 2-0.
• Bayern Múnich vs. Leeds United (1975): The final in which Bayern endorsed their championship title had several inconsistencies, such as the fact that the referee ignored the fouls committed by Franz Beckenbauer, in addition to canceling a goal against the English team. The claims of their fans were immediate, but this cost them a two-year suspension in European leagues thanks to the behavior of their fans. The score ended 2-0.
• Juventus vs. Real Madrid (1998): 24 years ago they faced Juventus who had figures like Zidane, Deschamps and Del Piero, while Real Madrid looked weakened and only had the Champions League to highlight. In the second half of the match, Pedja Mijatovic scored a goal in a clear offside that the referee did not recognize, so the meringues won with a score of 1-0.
• Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid (2014): In what was the tenth ‘Orejona’ for Real Madrid, the inconsistencies in the arbitration were immediate. Since Real got the tie in compensation time, which will take them to extra time, where the meringues will score three more goals. However, one of them was from Sergio Ramos, whom Gareth Bale defended with an elbow, which the referee did not mark. The score was 4-1.
• Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid (2016): This final was decided in a round of penalties where Real Madrid was champion. During the first 90 minutes of the match, Sergio Ramos opened the scoring to give his team an advantage. However, when seeing the repetition of his goal, he is seen ahead, which the referee in turn did not mark. The score was 1-1 (5-3 in the penalty shootout).

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