🗞️ Scandal in Munich and Parisian ecstasy, Thursday's front pages
🗞️ Scandal in Munich and Parisian ecstasy, Thursday's front pages The morning breaks over two radically opposing footballing Europes. While in Paris the heroic resistance of Luis Enrique’s men is being celebrated, in Bavaria the feeling is one of absolute outrage at the refereeing. The final 1-1 draw (6-5 on aggregate for PSG) leaves behind a wave of controversy filling the front pages across the continent.
🇩🇪 Germany: "Schiri-Skandal" (Refereeing Scandal) The German press is merciless. The newspaper Abendzeitung leads harshly with: "Bitteres 1:1. Schiri-Wut!
Bayern-Frust! " (Bitter 1-1. Referee fury!
Bayern frustration! ). All the criticism is directed at Portuguese referee João Pinheiro.
He is blamed for not sending off Nuno Mendes for a second yellow card and for not awarding a penalty for a handball by João Neves. Bild is on the same page, describing it as a refereeing scandal in its headline. Bayern feel they were "robbed" in their own stadium, calling the elimination the unjust end of a dream.