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Roma badge censored on Iranian television

Roma’s iconic badge appears to have been censored by Iranian state television on a program showing highlights of the club’s Champions League quarter-final first-leg defeat to Barcelona.

A trip to the Camp Nou proved difficult for the Serie A club, as two own goals, combined with finishes from Gerard Pique and Lionel Messi, saw them dispatched 4-1 in the first leg.

An Edin Dzeko strike did get Roma a potentially valuable away goal, but the capital club has it all to do Tuesday to overturn a three-goal deficit when the teams reconvene for the second leg at the Stadio Olimpico.