Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Thursday, September 18, 2025, 08:55 / Updated Thursday, September 18, 2025 09:00
Bayern defeated Chelsea without the right of appeal, 3-1, but the manager of the London, Enzo Maresca, claims that the German defender, Jonathan Tah, had to be eliminated at 2-1.
Chelsea contributed massively to Bayern's victory, with Chalobah's autogole (min. 20) and the fault committed by Căicedo over Harry Kane, sanctioned with the penalty of 2-0 (27). But the manager of the blue, Enzo Maresca, “exploded” at the next phase.
On the construction of the counterattack at the end of which Cole Palmer reduced his handicap (28), Bayern's defender, Jonathan Tah, stopped irregularly running on Joao Pedro. The Spanish “central” José María Sanchez let the game continue, Palmer pointed out for 1-2, after which the referee turned and showed him “yellow” to Tah.
The incident between Jonathan Tah (in red) and Joao Pedro occurred in the circle at the center of the field / photo: Capture
The tabloid Bild admits that Bayern “was lucky”
On the edge, the sea was annoyed and he vehemently asked for “red”: “Is it unacceptable! Is it unacceptable! We had to see blood to be eliminated?!” An eventual elimination of Tah would have put in great difficulty on Bayern, who was now leading only 2-1. The blue coach received “yellow”, and his Bavarian counterpart, Vincent Kompany, reacted to the break and replaced Tah.
Even the tabloid Bild noted that “Bayern was lucky, he could get bad”, and former German international Michael Ballack commented: “Tah pulls Joao Pedro, then a slight hit comes in the chest. He is lucky. He can happen.”
Jonathan Tah: “If you hit him in the figure, I would have understood …”
Bayern's defender, in a row, defends: “If I hit Joao Pedro in the figure, I would have understood. But so … the yellow card I can accept it, it is correct.”
The sports director of the Bavarian, Christoph Freund, does not see any reason why the referee should have eliminated Tah: “He hit his opponent, in the chest, but I do not think there was an intention. He looked worse because the movement was very fast, they both ran.
