Malaga step up attack on Thomson and UEFA
The Spanish side were furious about the two stoppage time goals they lost with television evidence showing that both goals should have been disallowed for offside.
“Yes, we were targeted from the beginning of the season by corrupt UEFA and based on racism,” the Malaga owner said on his twitter account, ANAAL Thani.
Malaga scorer Joaquin Sanchez went further telling Spanish radio: “We suspect Platini and all of them there. Because we are Malaga and not Real Madrid, it’s easier to do this with us.
“We’re very hurt because we didn’t deserve to go out in this way. We saw the footage of the goals after the game. Something like this shouldn’t happen at this stage of the game, but of course, we are Malaga…”
Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini added: “Our players were being elbowed and pushed all over the place. Two of their players should have been given a red card, and there was a double offside for their third goal.
“It was extremely difficult to regain possession under these conditions. We’re all extremely bitter at the outcome.
“There was no refereeing in the last seven minutes. The players were allowed to do whatever they wanted, which made it impossible for us to maintain our lead.”
Dortmund will be joined in tomorrow’s semi-final draw by Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich who comfortably beat Juventus home and away.
Thomson will referee Celtic’s Scottish Cup semi-final with Dundee United on Saturday assisted Derek Rose and Alasdair Ross by who were also on duty in Dortmund.