Madrid manager Alvaro Arbeloa was visibly furious after the match, focusing his anger on referee Slavko Vincic rather than individual player performances. The scenes following the final whistle were chaotic, with Arda Guler receiving a red card for his protests while other senior players, including Vinicius Junior and Antonio Rudiger surrounded the officiating team.
Arbeloa expressed his frustration clearly to the press, stating, "Obviously, you can't send off a player for something like that. The referee didn't even know he had a card, and he ruined a very exciting, very evenly matched tie, a real battle, and that's how the game ended. I think with the red card, everything was over. It is really unbelievable that you sent off a player for this action; it's not possible in a match like that to be sent off for this. We feel really, really upset, angry and disappointed, and I think all of this is a little bit unfair."