Scottish referee Willie Collum has incurred the wrath of Rome after a howler in the dying minutes of Roma's Europa League clash with Borussia Monchengladbach.
The whistler awarded a penalty in stoppage time for a 'handball' against Chris Smalling but video replays clearly showed the ball whacked the defender square in the face.
Players from the home side swarmed around Collum after he pointed to the spot to criticise his decision.
Oh Chris Smalling...
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) October 24, 2019
He gives away a penalty in the 94th minute 😶
AFTER the ball strikes him in the face 🤦♂️
Mönchengladbach equalise from the resulting penalty! pic.twitter.com/3fXPNZJt7U
Lars Stindl slotted home the spot-kick to grab a massive point for the German Bundesliga club.
Italian media slaughtered the Scot for his performance, blasting it "unacceptable" and insisting it was a "scandal".
Fans from around Scotland also had their say on the refs' showing.
One said: "Shocker, it's Willie Collum."
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Another added: "Willie Collum hahahahaha Scottish referees wreaking havoc all over the continent".
One wrote: "Now the whole #EuropaLeague can see just how useless Willie Collum is."
A fourth commented: "Willie Collum daein Willie Collum hings last night, I see."
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