Po dvoboju med Liverpoolom in Napolijem so bili navijači italijanskega kluba besni na slovenske sodnike. Po njihovem mnenju je Damir Skomina 'častil' nizozemskega branilca Virgila van Dijka in ga pustil na zelenici po grdem prekršku, ki ga je najdržji branilec na svetu že v 13. minuti dvoboja na Anfieldu storil nad Driesom Mertensom.
Po mnenju mnogih, predvsem na Apeninskem polotoku, je ta odločitev vplivala na nadaljevanje tekme. "Ogledal sem si posnetek. To je bil brez dvoma rdeči karton. Uvedba VAR-a v ligo prvakov bo za nas prišla prepozno," je po ozpadu iz elitnega klubskega tekmovanja dejal legendarni Carlo Ancelotti.
"Le rumeni karton za Skomino," so ob posnetku prekrška nad Belgijcem sicer bentili navijači Napolija.
Il fallo di Van Dijk su Mertens: giallo per Skomina - #LiverpoolNapolihttps://t.co/9O5HfZWFTs pic.twitter.com/l08SbhuC16
— ilnapolista (@napolista) December 11, 2018
Very terrible! How was that VvD tackle on Mertens not a red card? That changed the game! Yes, Skomina won the game for LFC
— Osɛi Aҡօtօ Kaռu (@OseiAkoto_Kanu) December 12, 2018
Kljub tej odločitvi, so bili nezadovoljni s sojenejem Slovencev tudi Liperpoolovi pristaši. Po mnenju nekaterih je Skomina storil prav vse, da bi rdeči doživeli še peti poraz na peti tekmi, ki jo je slovenski sodnik sodil klubu iz mesta Beatlov.
Great win for Liverpool v 12 Men. Terrible performance by Ref Skomina. Great save by Alisson at the death.
— Alan Dempsey (@almdemo) December 11, 2018
Damir Skomina did everything in his power to give us our 5th loss in as many games when he officiated our games. Fck off you slovenian piece of s*it
— Marvin LFC🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 (@marvinlfc77) December 11, 2018
Four times Slovenian referee Damir Skomina has taken charge of a Liverpool European tie before Napoli’s visit – four times they have lost.
— Arun (@Arunlfc08) December 12, 2018
Clearly he has an agenda against us.
But yesterday we finally broke that.
Damir Skomina, did Napoli pay You for that match yesterday? Absolutely the worst refereeing I have seen for some time, You were absolutely USELESS! Despite You we won the game ...
— Joacim Nieminen LFC (@finn_red) December 12, 2018
