SOCCER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Monday, August 24, 2009

Totti furious after opening defeat

Francesco Totti was left seething over the referee's decision not to send off Giuseppe Biava for a foul before scoring the winner.

Genoa CFC v AS Roma - Serie A

Biava was the last man fell to Roma's Jeremy Menez, but he was not given his marching orders and continued to net the decisive goal in the 83rd minute the home of a 3-2 victory.

Totti was so bitter he could not hold every ninth Serie A's all-time leading scorer with his 179th strike.

"It was a disgrace," he said. "It's incredible what the referee told us...[source]

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