Ranieri furious after Porto referee horror-show: “The referee did not deserve respect.” | OneFootball

Roma boss Claudio Ranieri took issue with the refereeing display in the firs leg of the Europa League playoffs with Porto.

Ranieri criticized the referee in his post-match interview with Sky Sport.

“Before Porto scored, we had asked for the substitution, the linesman knew about the substitution but the game was not interrupted.”

“We did really well tonight,” he said. ” I am angry with the [referee designator] Rosetti who is usually upright, but what kind of decisions are these? To send a referee with whom the visiting team recorded only 9 draws and the rest defeats in 21 games?”

“The boys were nervous about the yellow cards, you can’t show the card so easily. I told the boys never protest, it’s not the referee’s fault, he’s convinced he did his job well, that’s fine.”

“Eight cards on our part, double yellow… you can’t ensnare the opponents in this way. I sent the boys away because the referee didn’t deserve a salute, he didn’t deserve respect on an international pitch… are you kidding?”