SHAMROCK ROVERS boss Stephen Bradley was fuming at an “awful decision” that cost them a chance at a famous Champions League triumph.
Vladimir Weiss’ strike 19 minutes from the end sent Slovan Bratislava through on aggregate.
But that goal should never have stood as Slovan winger Rafael Ratao fouled Roberto Lopes in the build-up.
Bradley said: “It’s a definite foul. I know that’s easy to say when it’s the goal that knocked you out.
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“We get done by a really, really poor decision, an awful decision that cost us. The fourth official is saying foul because he sees the forward push him but the ref doesn’t listen to him.
“It’s an awful decision. They were done, you could sense they were done on the pitch. Physically they were done. There was one team going to win it.”