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Furious Garcia slams Roma draw as 'water polo with feet'

The coach was angered that the game went ahead after torrential rain left the pitch waterlogged and says it should have been called off.

Rudi Garcia has described Roma's draw with Bologna on Saturday as "a parody of football" and "water polo with feet".

The match went ahead as planned despite torrential rain in the region leaving the pitch at the Stadio Renato Dall'Ara waterlogged, causing persistent problems for both sides.

Roma also felt aggrieved that goalkeeper Antonio Mirante was shown a yellow card for handling the ball outside the box in the first half, before Mattia Destro scored a late penalty to snatch a 2-2 draw and deny the capital city club the chance to go top.