Italy federation complains over Bayern goal
Reuters - Thursday 18 February 2010, 16:30
MILAN - Italian football federation chief
Giancarlo Abete telephoned UEFA president Michel Platini on
Thursday to complain about Bayern Munich's second goal in a 2-1
Champions League win over Fiorentina.
Replays showed Miroslav Klose was two metres offside in
Wednesday's first knockout round first leg in Germany but
Norwegian referee Tom Henning Ovrebo gave the goal.
"It was an error that decided the game. Errors happen but
this was serious, we are not talking about centimetres but
metres," Abete told reporters having spoken to Platini.
Furious Fiorentina owner Diego Della Valle said the
assistant referee should "go to an opticians."