The French coach says that he holds no grudge against the officials but confesses that he is still not over the Giallorossi's 3-2 Serie A defeat in Turin in October
Rudi Garcia admits that he still feels a "sense of injustice" over Roma's Serie A loss at Juventus in October.
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The Frenchman was fined after being sent off during his side's 3-2 defeat in Turin, with the former Lille coach having been incensed by the award of two penalties to the Bianconeri, as well as the fact that Arturo Vidal was standing in an offside position when Leonardo Bonucci volleyed home the game's decisive goal.
Roma have recovered well from the setback but they remain three points behind Juve in the race for this year's Scudetto and, three months on, Garcia remains bitter about the manner of the defeat.
"Losing like that is difficult to accept," he told Gazzetta dello Sport. "It's a feeling of injustice that is difficult to erase but referees are human and they must decide in a fraction of a second.
"Still, I haven't seen any improvements since we have had six officials on the field. It doesn't work like this. We must use more replays or help the referees more."
Garcia defiantly and boldly claimed after the controversial loss at Juventus Stadium that Roma would go on to win the league and he says that his reasoning for doing so was twofold.
"A coach must also be a little bit of actor," he stated. "He must be one way with the players and another way with the press. After the Juve defeat, when I said that we will the Scudetto, I was talking as coach because I believed it but also as an actor because it was the right moment to do it.
"But the league will ultimately tell the truth [as to whether I was right] and I will accept the verdict."
Meanwhile, Roma have been linked with a move for Wesley Sneijder during the January transfer window but Garcia does not expect any new arrivals at the Stadio Olimpico, revealing that, although he would like to strengthen his squad, he would rather do so during the summer.
"[Sneijder]'s a great player but it's rare that the winter break changes things," he added. "It serves only the rich, who can modify their squads, but I don't cry over not having [Lionel] Messi or [Cristiano] Ronaldo. I just hope that we can improve the squad next year.
"We need some stronger players, but it all depends on their availability. The budget is not everything. The model is Atletico Madrid.
"We're on the right road, though. I'm satisfied with our season. We have had many injuries and the Champions League sapped our energy."
