AS Roma captain Daniele de Rossi called for unity after their Champions League elimination by Porto.

VAR was used to give Porto a spot-kick in extra time and win 3-1 on the night, 4-3 on aggregate, but ref Cuneyt Cakir did not watch the footage back when Patrik Schick seemed to be tripped a few minutes later.

“Our season doesn't end here. A dream is ended here, once again in a brusque and painful fashion, but if we get six points from the next two Serie A rounds, we'll be much closer to fourth place, seeing as Inter and Roma have to face each other," De Rossi told Sky Sport Italia.

Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco delayed speaking to the media, leaving the players to pick up the slack.

De Rossi continued: “I don't get into these matters, as it's down to the club and the coach to sort this out. The team has always proved it follows the coach and tonight confirmed we are 100 per cent for Roma with our hearts and our minds.

"Di Francesco will remain the coach who took Roma to the Champions League semi-finals after who knows how many years and he deserves credit for that. I know this isn't our best season and the job of a coach will always be tied to results.

“If it was worked out like a boxing match, I'd say over the two legs that we'd get the decision and win. It's painful because we didn't deserve to go out, but also to be eliminated in these circumstances just makes it feel worse.

“Maybe we didn't have as much belief this time as we did in the first leg."