Felipe Melo with Fluminense

THE BRAZILIAN SPOKE BEFORE THE PRESS

Felipe Melo confirms the 'robbery' of Madrid in the 2013 Champions League

Published:10/02/2023 - 05:43h

Updated:10/02/2023 - 05:45h

Felipe Melo, former Galatasaray midfielder, assures that the Turks would have eliminated Real Madrid from the Champions League in 2013 if it weren't for referee errors

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The exfutbolista of the Galatasaray, Felipe Melo, has appeared in an interview with the portal web 'Diretta.it' in which it gave his point of view on the crossing of quarter-finals of the Champions League 2013 in front of the Real Madrid. The now player of the Fluminense sustains that that team had the capacities to having heaved the glass of not being by the different referee's errors that prejudiced his classification.

"I am convinced that, with the VAR, would have won. In the party of gone lost (3-0), is true, but in the played of the second goal there was a fault that went determinant. In the turn fit a goal of Christian in clear offside and, in spite of this, trace back until the (3-1)", ensured the Brazilian.

On the same line, it stood out the reaction of José Mourinho, the one who was trainer of the merengues and could not believe what was happening. "We mark three goals in a chamber of hour and saw to Mou stupify, as thinking 'what cojones happens here'. Afterwards, the Madrid sentenced with the (3-2) because we were unbalanced in search of the fourth goal, but reiterate it: with the VAR, had been able to win the Champions", sentenced Melo.

Passion by the Inter

Finally, it cleared the controversy that accompanied him during his go through the Series To, where was a member of the Juventus of Turín and also in the Inter of Milan. "I was inflate of the Inter from boy, and after having played there, even more. The Juve, nevertheless, went my first big team and learnt a lot there. I arrived when it was a boy and committed a lot of errors. They improved me like person", concluded.

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