Chelsea v Barcelona-Conspiracy or Just Poor Refereeing?

There are bound to be repercussions from UEFA about the conduct of some Chelsea players after the final whistle in their game with Barcelona last night. A night that looked to be going so well ended abruptly deep into injury time when Barcelona conjured up an equaliser to break the hearts of the Chelsea players and fans.

But it wasn't the equaliser that sparked fury at the end of the game. Chelsea had no argument with Barcelona or their players-all their frustration was aimed at referee Tom Henning Ovrebo who had turned down four big penalty claims from Chelsea during the match.

Now as a neutral watching the game I found two of the decisions stonewallers (a pull on Drogba's shirt and a clear handball from Pique -see video below), and I fail to understand how a so called top class official could have failed to spot these.



I can fully understand the frustration of the Chelsea players but the actions of some of them at the end of the match(especially Drogba) were inexcusable and unpleasant to watch.

There are already conspiracy theories that UEFA didn't want another all English final and the referee was giving UEFA what they wanted by not giving Chelsea any decisions denying them any chance of getting through. This is nonsense!

Remember Chelsea were literally seconds from going through. The referee had already sent a Barcelona player off for doing no more than running beside a Chelsea player and the bottom line is...the referee was just plain incompetent!

There's no conspiracy. There's just A fat balding referee who should never have been given charge of such an important game because he wasn't good enough...and that's where UEFA are to blame, for appointing a man who wasn't capable of handling such a big game.