The German side won a 1-0 decision at home in the first leg, and now needed to draw Chelsea (there is no away goals rule anymore) to win the tie.
Too bad the Laws of the Game screwed Borussia Dortmund terribly.
Reference this video, from CBS Sports, for how it all went down...
After a 43rd minute goal by Raheem Sterling, we go to the 46th minute for all the drama...
A cross by Chelsea drew a massive penalty shout when it went off the hand of a Borussia Dortmund player.
Turns out, VAR ruled it a penalty -- and they were right! It's the same penalty which should've been called in that USA-Germany World Cup quarter-final when Frings was able to handball a ball off the goal line by opening his hand and extending the amount of the goal he could (then illegally) block.
Penalty goes off the post, but, then, VAR intervenes again.
A still (shown at 8:24 of the video) shows a jailbreak of players from both teams infringing on the box before the penalty is taken. At least three players from each team have infringed -- no one can enter the box until the ball is struck.
And here's how Dortmund got screwed: You'd intrinsically think that, since Chelsea players also infringed, it should be refused. But since both teams infringed, by Rule 14 of the Laws of the Game:
"[If] a player of both teams offends, the kick is retaken unless a player commits a more serious offence (e.g. 'illegal' feinting)"
I was about to write this as a rigged game, but it's another one of those senseless Laws of the Game motifs.
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