Kompany fumes at refereeing after Bayern's Champions League exit

Vincent Kompany made the officiating the story after Bayern München's 6-5 aggregate Champions League semi-final defeat to Paris Saint Germain. He said the handball calls were “ridiculous” and that a little “common sense” was missing after the tie slipped away across two legs.

Ousmane Dembélé scored after 141 seconds, which set the tone early for PSG. Bayern still had the kind of moments Kompany kept coming back to, especially Vitinha's attempted clearance that struck João Neves' outstretched arm inside the PSG box.

Why Kompany focused on the officials

Kompany did not frame the exit as a simple failure of execution. Speaking to goal.com, he said too much went against Bayern across both legs, adding that the players gave everything against a fantastic PSG side.

His strongest complaint was about the Neves handball. “If we look at both [situations], a little bit of common sense and it's just ridiculous,” he said. He also argued that Nuno Mendes was already on a yellow card when he appeared to handle the ball deliberately to stop a Bayern attack.

That frustration is understandable, even if it cannot be stretched into the whole explanation for the defeat. A 6-5 aggregate score says the tie was tight, and Kompany's point was really about how fine the margins were rather than pretending one call decided everything.

Bayern had already secured the Bundesliga title and the DFL-Supercup, so the European exit does not wipe out the season. It does, though, leave Kompany sounding more interested in the officiating than in any broader post-mortem after a semi-final that was decided over small details.

What PSG took from the tie

PSG also had reason to feel they survived a serious test. Luis Enrique said they want to “continue making history in Paris”, which fits a side that came through Bayern's pressure and advanced after a demanding tie.

The early Dembélé goal mattered, and so did the fact PSG stayed alive through the moments Bayern felt should have gone their way. Kompany may have been the louder voice afterwards, but Paris Saint Germain got the result and move on.