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'An absolute joke!' - Roma call for VAR after 'embarassing' referee mistakes

The Italian side were the victims of a missed handball call and the club’s chairman and director of football have called for a change

Roma chairman James Palotta and director of football Monchi have joined their voices to the chorus of those calling for Video Assistant Referees to be added to the Champions League following their side's semi-final defeat to Liverpool.

VAR has already been implemented in Serie A, but is not in place for the Champions League and UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has already announced the the competition will not utilise it for next season either.