Roma's Monchi calls for VAR, bemoans 'incredible' refereeing mistakes

AFP  |  Rome 

Roma sporting claimed that VAR "must" be brought into after "incredible" errors by the officials during his side's semi-final loss to

Eusebio Di Francesco's Italian outfit threatened a repeat of their quarter-final comeback against Barcelona, but fell to a 7-6 aggregate defeat despite a 4-2 second-leg win at the Stadio Olimpico.

Although Roma were awarded a penalty in each game of the last-four tie, insisted his team would have reached the final if VAR had been used.

"Congratulations to but it is necessary to analyse what happened," he told Italian television.

"There were two very clear penalties that were missed tonight and that changed everything, and in the first leg they scored an offside goal.

"The VAR must come into I don't understand why there is no VAR in the most important competition."

has said that will not be introduced for next season's European competitions, although will use it for this year's in

launched into a remarkable tirade against the officials after his side were knocked out by an injury-time penalty in the quarter-finals against Real Madrid, and thinks that Juve were also unfairly treated.

"This is the moment for Italian football to raise its voice," he added.

"Juventus were also eliminated because of incredible mistakes. There were also (incredible mistakes) yesterday in Real against Bayern Munich.

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First Published: Thu, May 03 2018. 10:00 IST