ADRIEN RABIOT was left furious that he wasn’t awarded a penalty during Juventus’ Europa League semi-final with Sevilla despite his leg being notice<br />ably injured.<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Rabiot was injured in the process, but the referee didn’t view the incident as a penalty and waved play on.<br /><br />The former PSG man could be seen to have blood and bruising on his shin as a result of the incident.<br /><br />There was no interference by VAR either and Juventus was left wondering why they didn’t have an opportunity to level the scoring from 12 yards out.<br /><br />The Old Lady were eventually able to grab a late equalizer when Federico Gatti scored in the 97th minute of the game.<br /><br />Rabiot spoke to Sky Sports Italia following the match and made it clear he thought that the incident should have been a penalty, referring to his leg.<br /><br />He said: “It was a nasty foul, in my view a clear penalty, but VAR didn’t say anything.<br /><br />“You can see, 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.”<br /><br />Fans were in agreement with the French midfielder and took to social media to voice their opinions on the matter.<br /><br />One wrote: “Should have gone to VAR and been given…”<br /><br />Whilst another aimed Uefa for the decision, they wrote: “This was a red card too, or at least a second yellow. Uefa hates us.”<br /><br />The game ended as a 1-1 draw leaving it perfectly poised for the second-leg clash between the two sides.<br /><br />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.
