Adrien Rabiot’s leg bloodied and bruised by nasty tackle that ref ignored despite it being ‘clear penalty’ for Juventus
ADRIEN RABIOT was left furious that he wasn’t awarded a penalty during Juventus’ Europa League semi-final with Sevilla despite his leg being noticeably injured.
The 28-year-old went down in the box after Loic Bade left a flailing boot out in an attempt to clear away a cross whilst Sevilla led the game 1-0.
Rabiot was injured in the process, but the referee didn’t view the incident as a penalty and waved play on.
The former PSG man could be seen to have blood and bruising on his shin as a result of the incident.
There was no interference by VAR either and Juventus were left wondering why they didn’t have an opportunity to level the scoring from 12-yards out.
The Old Lady were eventually able to grab a late equaliser when Federico Gatti scored in the 97th minute of the game.
Rabiot spoke to Sky Sports Italia following the match and made it clear he thought that the incident should have been a penalty, making reference to his leg.
He said: “It was a nasty foul, in my view a clear penalty, but VAR didn’t say anything.
“You can see clearly, he doesn’t get the ball, he gets my leg. I showed the referee my leg, but he didn’t react and I don’t know why the VAR didn’t call him back.”
Fans were in agreement with the French midfielder and took to social media to voice their opinions on the matter.
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One wrote: “Should have gone to VAR and been given…”
Whilst another took aim at Uefa for the decision, they wrote: “This was a red card too, or at least a second yellow. Uefa hates us.”
The game ended as a 1-1 draw leaving it perfectly poised for the second leg clash between the two sides.
Juventus will travel to Spain next week to take on Sevilla as both sides battle it out to book themselves a place in the Europa League final.