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Juventus president Andrea Agnelli claims Michael Oliver 'completely lost control' of Champions League tie with Real Madrid and accuses UEFA of pushing anti-Italy agenda in Europe
Players make mistakes, so do referees, but this official completely lost control of the situation. A referee in Madrid for the quarter-final must have seen the first leg, realise the Dybala red card was excessive and understand the various situations.
'The referee tonight was in total chaos. It's a pity, the performance of the boys remains, we confirmed – as did PSG last season and Roma last night – proved you can come back from 3-0 down to turn things around.
The referee tonight, when he sees it back, will be the most disappointed person here to realise what happened.'
Agnelli went on to suggest that Pierluigi Collina, the UEFA chief in charge of assigning refs to Champions League matches, was so keen to prove that the organisation were not corrupt in favour of Italian sides that he has been deliberately placing anti-Italian officials in charge of Juventus, Roma and Milan fixtures.
'I see a series of countries that implemented VAR and I saw incidents that went against Italian clubs recently, such as the foul on (Juventus winger Juan) Cuadrado, Milan at Arsenal and Juve tonight, proving we absolutely need VAR in the Champions League.
'This isn't about one or two points, but rather going forward in a massive tournament that brings so much money and prestige, we can't allow these incidents to occur.
'For some reason, the vanity of the refereeing designator is trying to scientifically prove he is unbiased and keeps assigning referees who are against Italian clubs.
'It's not Juve, but Roma had penalties denied against Barcelona, Milan went out of the Europa League with Arsenal, us tonight. If it's a technical problem because UEFA don't have good enough referees, we can offer to help train them.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...li-calls-ref-Michael-Oliver-anti-Italian.html
Players make mistakes, so do referees, but this official completely lost control of the situation. A referee in Madrid for the quarter-final must have seen the first leg, realise the Dybala red card was excessive and understand the various situations.
'The referee tonight was in total chaos. It's a pity, the performance of the boys remains, we confirmed – as did PSG last season and Roma last night – proved you can come back from 3-0 down to turn things around.
The referee tonight, when he sees it back, will be the most disappointed person here to realise what happened.'
Agnelli went on to suggest that Pierluigi Collina, the UEFA chief in charge of assigning refs to Champions League matches, was so keen to prove that the organisation were not corrupt in favour of Italian sides that he has been deliberately placing anti-Italian officials in charge of Juventus, Roma and Milan fixtures.
'I see a series of countries that implemented VAR and I saw incidents that went against Italian clubs recently, such as the foul on (Juventus winger Juan) Cuadrado, Milan at Arsenal and Juve tonight, proving we absolutely need VAR in the Champions League.
'This isn't about one or two points, but rather going forward in a massive tournament that brings so much money and prestige, we can't allow these incidents to occur.
'For some reason, the vanity of the refereeing designator is trying to scientifically prove he is unbiased and keeps assigning referees who are against Italian clubs.
'It's not Juve, but Roma had penalties denied against Barcelona, Milan went out of the Europa League with Arsenal, us tonight. If it's a technical problem because UEFA don't have good enough referees, we can offer to help train them.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...li-calls-ref-Michael-Oliver-anti-Italian.html
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