AS Roma president Rosella Sensi hit out at referee Roberto Rosetti after her team were beaten 2-1 at AC Milan, in no small part thanks to a controversial penalty.
The visitors to the San Siro led 1-0 after a swashbuckling first-half performance but that all changed when Rosetti awarded Milan a penalty after Alessandro Nesta tumbled in the box.
Television replays showed Nicolas Burdisso won the ball, even though he did challenge Nesta from behind and the former Italy centre-back s subsequent fall was clearly exaggerated, if even completely unnecessary.
Roma s players were fuming about the penalty, dispatched by Ronaldinho, and after Pato s winner Sensi s mood was even darker.
While Rosetti is an excellent international referee, he makes too many mistakes with Roma, said Sensi.
I demand respect be shown to our team and our fans. We ve already lost one title at the San Siro with Rosetti in charge.
I m very angry about the unfair epilopgue of a match my lads deserved to win.
Rosetti has been a Serie A referee since 1996 and officiated the 2008 European Championships final between Spain and Germany while he has been pre-selected for next year s World Cup.
