Berlin — Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has accused the referee of "shafting" Bayern Munich in their Champions League defeat to Real Madrid. The Bayern chairman was incensed after Cristiano Ronaldo scored a controversial hat-trick as Real overcame 10-man Bayern to seal a 4-2 win in Tuesday’s quarterfinal second leg. The holders won 6-3 on aggregate, but Bayern took the tie to extra time after it finished 2-1 to the Germans after 90 minutes, thanks to Robert Lewandowski’s penalty and an own goal from Sergio Ramos. Bayern had Arturo Vidal sent off on 84 minutes and the Germans were further incensed as replays showed Ronaldo’s second and third goals, on 105 and 109 minutes, were clearly offside. Rummenigge turned his anger on Hungarian ref Viktor Kassai during his speech to the Bayern squad in Madrid. "For the first time, I’ve got some sort of mad rage inside me. We have been shafted in the truest sense of the word," fumed Rummenigge during the team banquet. "It was an unfortunate, undeserved a...
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