Benatia: We were robbed, the referee was too arrogant not even watching the replays

Atalanta 1-0 Marseille in the Champions League. In the stoppage time of the second half, the ball bounced in the Atalanta penalty area and hit Ederson's arm. Marseille players asked for a penalty kick, but the referee ignored it.

Then, the Italian team quickly counterattacked, and Samardzic hit the ball into the dead center a few seconds later. After a VAR review, the goal was ruled valid. This verdict made Marseille extremely dissatisfied. De Zerbi picked up his iPad to show the referee the controversial moment and received a yellow card for it. After the game, the club's top brass made no secret of their anger.

"I felt like we were robbed, which is really hard to accept." Benatia said in an interview. "It was an obvious situation. We could clearly see that the player was in an unnatural position and when Aubameyang was preparing to shoot, the opponent's arm changed the trajectory of the ball. And then they scored that fatal goal. I at least hope that he will go and look at the replay on the screen... When you and They don't even look at you when they discuss this issue. This is what makes me even more angry. They (the referees) are so arrogant and it is really annoying."

Marseille Mayor Benoit Payan also expressed his views on this controversy on social media: "Tonight, a major refereeing error deprived us of our sportsmanship."

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