Real Madrid 1-4 Ajax ● UCL 2019 Extended Highlights & Goals | HD

Real Madrid 1-4 Ajax ● UCL 2019 Extended Highlights & Goals | HD

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Score: Ziyech 7′, David Neres 18′, Dusan Tadic 62′, Asensio 70′, Lasse Schone 72′.

Real Madrid, winners of the last three Champions League finals, crashed out of the competition in the round of 16 after losing 4-1 to Ajax at home. Real had won the first leg 2-1 in Amsterdam but found itself down 3-0 in the second half after an embarrassing first half and didn’t have enough to pull off the comeback. Hakim Ziyech (7′), David Neres (18′) and Dusan Tadic (62′) gave the visitors the commanding lead, and then it was Lasse Schone (72′) who scored an outrageous free kick after Marco Asensio had gotten one back for the hosts. Here are three takeaways from one of the biggest upsets you’ll see in Champions League history.

This wasn’t even close from the beginning. Real Madrid, coming off an emotional week where it lost to rival Barcelona twice, saw everything go wrong. Lucas and Vinicius Junior were taken off in the first half due to injury, the team hit the crossbar and post, and Thibaut Courtois couldn’t make a stop to save his life in a shocking display.

The ball appeared to clearly go out on the sideline, but did it? With VAR available in the knockout stage, it was reviewed but it wasn’t overturned. A World Cup referee spoke to CBS Sports about the controversial play:

“It gives you the perspective and the feeling that the ball goes out, but it is not true. If you look at the line and the ball in the air, since we aren’t parallel and we are looking perpendicular, it looks past the line. It gives the impression that the ball is out. But since the ball isn’t touching the ground, for me, the ball is in, it’s not out. It’s clearly in. It’s a visual illusion. I think with a 3D technology that could show us clearly a 360-degree view, the ball would clearly be in.”