Thursday 23 April 2015 10:20, UK
Monaco boss Leonardo Jardim was disappointment with the performance of Scottish referee Willie Collum after their Champions League run came to an end at the hands of Juventus.
A goalless draw at the Stade Louis II on Wednesday night followed a 1-0 win for Juventus in Turin, and meant the French league side bowed out.
Things could have been very different, though. Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini was booked in the opening minute when he handled the ball to prevent Joao Moutinho from breaking forward, and the same centre-back was involved along with team-mate Arturo Vidal as Monaco livewire Geoffrey Kondogbia went down in the penalty area towards the end of the first half.
Monaco wanted a penalty but Collum dismissed their appeals.
Collum did not referee the first leg, with Czech Pavel Kralovec the man at the helm in Italy, where the award of the penalty from which Vidal netted the only goal of the tie upset Monaco.
On that occasion, Ricardo Carvalho rather clumsily ran into Alvaro Morata, and Kralovec pointed immediately to the spot.
"We are disappointed with the result but proud of the team and the performance. Monaco were never inferior to Juventus over the two matches," Jardim said.
"We played good football. We have showed Europe our individual and collective qualities.
"The refereeing? I'm not going to talk about it. I'll leave it to the media to do that."
"It's a shame that the elimination is not linked to the qualities of the players. It makes me sad and certainly, and UEFA is also dissatisfied with this."
Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev said: "I feel great pride, of the team, the players, the coach.
"When I think about the two matches, it has perhaps been played out on the refereeing decisions. And while fair play is the slogan of football, I am convinced that video could help refereeing in future."
Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri insisted the victory was for the supporters, and is relishing competing in the last four of Europe's premier competition for the first time in 12 years.
"Tonight, we must take advantage of this victory with our supporters," Allegri said.
"It is a great year for Juventus and so, we must savour. If we have succeeded to obtain results like that tonight, this means we confirm that we done in the past. We lay the foundation to become a club very strong."
"I am not afraid. It is an important objective but it is not a final objective. We would not be qualified if the desire did not exist to go far. We are going to play against the best teams of Europe.
"We will try to go to the Final. The matches will be different against teams champion in their respective countries."
