"What?! No!" Omar Mascarell yelped, rushing toward the referee and pointing at his shoulder as if to make his point. "That's a shoulder, Ref! It doesn't even hit my hand!"
Honestly, Higo had to admire the Spaniard's thick skin, so shameless in complaining when, in reality, he'd seen for himself that the ball hit his captain's hand perfectly. Still, he also joined the party, trying to put pressure on the referee as well.
"You are not even in the best position to look at the incident! How did you know that it touched the hand?!"
"Yeah! Have you already determined that it was a handball before it happened?!" Benjamin Stambouli also jumped in, wanting to add fuel to the fire.
The referee's face was so red with fury right now. Even though no direct accusation was thrown, it was clear that Schalke players were implying that he sided with Bayern Munich here. He tried his best to explain, and yet none of them managed to calm down the away team players.
