DAMN

I don’t get it.

Blaming the ref is a cheap and understandable excuse though.

Sorry for interrupting your whinging.[/quote]

Eamon. What exactly is the point of your comment? You dont even have the bottle to say which team you support welll McFergie would have slaughtered the referee and if some of those decisions had been given against Liverpool then their fans would have proberbly ran onto the pitch and attacked the ref. I wish BC would just ban ignorant fools like yourself

Read my post.

Ballack’s foul on a Barca player was a yellow but was inside the 18yd box, which deserved a penalty and was not given. The barca players were incencsed with the refereeing of the first leg, just as Chelsea are incensed with the refreeing of the 2nd leg. Seems like a balance to me.

The most important thing I take from the match is the way chelsea defended. Some call it negative footy, but you I think it is strategy. You formulate and play the game according to your perception of your opponent. Even with that defensive playing pattern, Chelsea had the better oportunity in the 2 legs. That to me is incredible and reminds me of Italian catalania soccer whch had seen them so successful in the world cups.[/quote]

I didnt say it wasnt a red card. I believe its you who needs to read my post because you clearly didnt take in anything I said. My point is that 1 wrong decision does not equal a CATALOGUE of errors. 4 penalty appeals turned down. Read what the players said. All of them know they were robbed and most of us know it aswell. I suppose its easy to say what you did because your not a chelsea fan but………..

I don’t get it.

Blaming the ref is a cheap and understandable excuse though.

Sorry for interrupting your whinging.

until now i used to think Barca plays wonderful football, but now i know their secret why they win. they buy refs. Barca club is a fucking disgrace in footballing history.

I have read all the calls on the refree from Blues fan, but I still think that there is justice in football. In barcelona, the refree , a German should have awarded a clear penalty against Ballack, but he waved it. Most of us have the benefit of a TV replay but the refree has to decide on a split second if the player intentionally handled the ball or the ball hit the player. In each case, another refree would have given a penalty, but you also have to realise that he had brought out his fangs wrongly on Abidal. Refs are humans and not robots, sometimes they compensate for their decisions.

As much as I praise Guus, I think he should have replaced Ballack and kept Drogba. Chelsea should have got a straight win.

I need to address the issue of shots on goal. Theshots count was a relection on the determination of the Chelsea team as a whole to defend and boy they did it very well. Some neutrals feel that Guus should have allowed an open game, but tha is fantasy land. In Rome expect ManU to play fromChelsea’s songbok and Ronaldo or Rooney to nick a winner. The EPL teams are stronger at defending minus Arsenal of course.[/quote]

I just don’t understand why Ballack wasn’t acting like an idiot chasing the ref around in minute 8:35 when the ball bounced of Abidal’s arm in the box…oooh now I get it!!! it’s because it bounced right into the foot of Essien and then into the back of the net. If Chelsea was robbed why didn’t you demand and cry about the ref not stoping play and pointing to the spot???