Olivier Letang, the owner of Lille, criticized the referee for not giving the penalty as the game ended in a 2-1 home defeat to Dortmund and a 3-2 aggregate exit in the Champions League. Lille

took the lead in the fifth minute through Jonathan David. But early in the second half. Swiss referee Sandro Scharer was fouled. By Thomas Meunier for a foul on Serhou Girassy, ​​giving Emre Can a penalty to equalise. Maximilian Bayer converted

the game-tying goal for the “Yellow and Black” in the 65th minute. But after the game, Bruno Genesio, the head coach of Lille, expressed his satisfaction with the European performance this season.

The result is a huge boost for Dortmund and their recently-appointed coach Niko Kovac, coming as the club languishes in 10th place in the Bundesliga.

“For the whole 90 minutes we controlled the game. It was a fantastic performance,” Kovac told UEFA.com.

He will now come up against a Barcelona side coached by Hansi Flick, his former assistant at Bayern Munich.

The result is a massive disappointment for Lille, who were hoping to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time in their history after an outstanding performance during the league phase.

Letang, as the owner of the French club, had a similar view. Adding that he was not satisfied with the decision. “I don’t think today we should have given a penalty. เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย And it was a game-changing moment. “

We are frustrate. But I want to emphasize that we had a very good tournament. I was surprise when I saw the name of a Swiss referee. Who speaks German was chosen to officiate the game.

“It was quite strange. At half-time, the referee spoke to Dortmund players in German only.”