Ex-Referee Admits Mistake In UCL Final For Real Madrid

Former referee Mark Clattenburg has made a big admission about Real Madrid's opening goal in the 2016 UEFA Champions League final against cross-town rivals Atletico Madrid.

The former Premier League official as in charge of the 2016 final at the San Siro, which ended with Los Blancos won on penalties.

However, there was some controversy with Real's opening goal when Sergio Ramos poked home in the first half, despite being in an offside.

Clattenburg has now admitted his team missed the offside and he also informed Ramos later in the match.

"In that final Real Madrid went 1-0 up in the first half but the goal was slightly offside and we realised at half-time, Clattenburg wrote in his column for the Daily Mail.

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"It was a hard call and my assistant missed it."

Clattenburg then awarded Atletico a penalty later in the game, a decision which did not sit well Pepe.

"I gave Atletico a penalty early in the second half when Pepe fouled Fernando Torres," he added.

"Pepe was furious and said to me in perfect English: 'Never a penalty, Mark.'

"I said to him: 'Your first goal shouldn't have stood.' It shut him up."

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