Rome (AFP) – Roma president James Pallotta joined calls for the introduction of the video assistant referee (VAR) to the Champions League after the club crashed out to Liverpool in the semi-finals.
The 7-6 aggregate defeat ended Italian hopes in this year’s competition after Juventus fell to defending champions Real Madrid amid controversy in the quarter-finals.
Pallotta believes Roma were the victims of two errors which could have changed the game after falling just short despite a thrilling 4-2 win on Wednesday night at the Stadio Olimpico.
“I know it is difficult to ref but it is really embarrassing that we lose on aggregate like that,” said billionaire Pallotta, who runs the Raptor private investment group in the United States.
“You just can’t let stuff like this happen.”
Roma’s Edin Dzeko was controversially ruled offside when he was brought down by Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius, with Trent Alexander-Arnold later blocking a goalbound effort with his arm.
“You can all look at it yourself. In the 49th minute he (Dzeko) wasn’t offside and he gets taken down by the goalie,” Pallotta added.
“It was a handball that was obvious to everyone probably in the world except people on the pitch. It should have been a red card which would have been 10 men in the 63rd minute.
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