Isnt the most clear cut error the red card to­ Barcelona?
Didnt Chelsea play with an extra player for­ over 25mins?
ANd the Drogba foul in the 25th min could­ ahve gone either way but since it was Drogba, you err­ on the side of 'he's a known diving cheat and­ he's not getting away with it'.
The story of­ the Boy Who Cried Wolf was probably neevr read to him.

barca fans are on crack or they are the dumbest fans­ you can think of,they knew they cheated to win with­ refs help and handballs,buts thats normal with barca­ cuz they are the biggest loosers amd love to cheat and­ sooner or later sorry @#$% barca luck is going to run­ out,u can beat one EPL team with all the cheating but­ not two,barca is the most overrated piece of trash out­ there and thier fans are the biggest @#$%,get ready to­ get on your knees to a team thats better then you,f--k­ barca all thier players and fans

*@%$ ref. Drogba is right, he was a *&@$%*@­ disgrace. i hope he gets banned from reffing major­ games again.
Chelsea should have won. They still have a­ chance at the FA cup, though

ok children.. bad luck.. another Champion's league­ semi final lost. It just goes to show money can't­ buy you everything, tough @#$% Abramovich, you can­ stuff your millions up your @#$%, it looks like your­ expensive plaything (called 'Chelsea FC') has­ failed again. Now you can go and sulk in your private­ Swiss country club instead of being a man and­ commiserating with your players (just like last year­ you pissed off instead of consoling your players after­ the penalties against Utd) You can't have­ everything you want in life, now grow up and tell your­ overpaid, prima donna louts Drogba, Terry and Ballack­ to grow up too. What poetic justice that Stevie Gerrard­ resisted Chelsea greed and stayed loyal to Pool...and­ his reward.. winning the Champions League !! Never­ mind, Chelsea, too bad.

i have to admit that this is a quite accurate analysis­ of all the situations, im not a chelsea nor a barça­ fan..drogba should really learn to stand on his feet­ and the referee should really get himself a pair of­ glasses.
all the situations weren't that clear and­ chelsea have to admit that there lack of achievrment in­ front of the goal cost them the final.
on the other­ hand one can believe that the red card against barça­ might have started all that. aknowledging his mistake­ by sending abidal off, the referee might have been­ torture by his own guilt and that's how i felt­ during the post-red-card period of the game.
all in all­ the referee's performance was bad and regarding­ both teams. but that's also part of the game which­ wasn't really the great game we expected to be­ honest. let's just hope it's the last time­ something like that happens..allowing videos­ wouldn't be a bad thing after all even if it's­ jsut for avoiding scene like drogba delivered after the­ game, but it might be one of his final chances to win­ this trophy specially if he was to leave stamford­ bridge at the end of the season (i doubt he would have­ a move to a bigger club, and even if he goes to real­ they don't have the squad to be a bigger team, not­ in the actual state of things). and i can't really­ blame him, nor ballack as a matter of fact, for his­ behaviour, being quite tempered and pationnate is a­ part of great players..sometimes they get more than­ they can take. and them not getting sent off was maybe­ also part of the guilt from the referee..who knows?

what about the penalty that was not given in­ barcelona...henry being pulled down. no chelsea­ complaints about that heh. anyway chelseas negative­ display in barcelona cost them a place in the final and­ they also lost all neutral fans for that totally­ defencive display.

2 ovrebo......the ""NOT HIGH QUALITY ENOUGH­ REF''''''.................are­ you blind.....or it is bcoz of your negotiation with­ Gardiola????????????how much??????­ $500000??......$1000000??..........or it is an­ insurance of policy????????

2 ballack and drogba...........well done..that is the­ spirit of soccer.......always make a true decision­ during fouls........not like that @#$%ing son of a­ b@#ch ref.............

to Iniesta............@#$%ing scoring­ b@#ch..................and also 2 all­ players............messi.........alves...............et­ oe.....henry...valdes...........xavi.........puyol.....­ ..keita.........abidal..........sylvinho.......and the­ others...........dont get to excited as the @#$%ing­ devils are waiting 4 you..........if it is a rematch­ with Chelsea, dont put any hope 2 win bcoz cech will­ never allow any goal passing trough him........if it is­ not a rematch, go and destroy the power of the red­ devils.............sincerely......ANTI MAN UTD­ SOCIETY.........

what a poor ref......a blind­ ref.....pathetic..............@#$%ing b@#ch............

i would like to say that i neither support barca or­ chelsea but chelsea scored first, were denied 4­ penalties which an independant ref reviewed on sky­ sports, his opinion was 2 correct decisions n 2 wrong­ decisions, it all sounds like a conspiracy against­ chelsea, but the ref then harshly sent off abidal, if­ it were a conspiracy n uefa wanted barca n the final­ wouldnt it make sense to keep all 11 barca players on­ the field, they had 10 men against 11 for over half an­ hour, chelsea should have scored a killer second goal n­ then they could defend n hit barca on the break, barca­ scored a wonderful equaliser n there is no way the ref­ had a hand in that goal, football is jus a game n u­ have to take the good with the bad, how many times have­ chelsea had contencious decisons that have got them out­ of jail in matches? chelsea will win the champions­ league 1 day but it will be on merit n not because they­ were given decisions by the ref that helps them get the­ result they need.

was f******king @#$%

What a superb refereeing display against the oppressors­ of decent football , Chelsea. Well done Ovrebo

I cant believe this writer is trying to find excuses­ for the way Ovrebo officiated. it was shotty. he­ sucked. I am a chelsea fan and I will admit that the­ red card was a bit harsh but Anelka was all alone. so­ it deserved something. i dont know about the red­ though. it was a clear accident. but again it was an­ 1v1 with the goalie. then some of the other calls­ pissed me off as well but i got over them. however when­ i saw pique's hand ball. i was cursing left and­ right with my father. HIS ARM WAS OUT STRETCHED WHICH­ MEANS ANY REF WOULD HAVE CALLED THAT!!! JUST LIKE THE­ WRITER SAID. BUT OVREBO IS SUCH A S### REF THAT HE­ SHOULD NOT DESERVE TO REF ANYMORE. F*** HIM!! BOTH OF­ THE HANDBALLS SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED. NOW THE FINAL IS­ GOING TO BE BORING. MANCHESTER UNITED IS GOING TO SPANK­ BARCELONA AND IT ISNT EVEN GOING TO BE CLOSE. IT IS­ OVER!! MAN UTD HAS WON. CONGRATS!!

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Ovrebo is the real disgrace to football. NOT DROGBA.­ DROGBA was being natural and human.
OVREBO should get a­ shrink so his head can get examined.

Our minds are at play, watching to know what official­ comments UEFA would make about this match. A lack of­ comment would expose the hypocrisy in Micheal's­ lead UEFA. UEFA should come out openly to live above­ suspicions and critise what is bad as bad but take­ necessary actions where they ought to be mmade.

The­ world would look down on football, if a categorical­ statement is not made by UEFA, exonorating themselve in­ what looks really like a conspiracy. The match has been­ played physically and is gone for ever, however, the­ replay now is Morals VS. UEFA. which way would it go...

Well I read with disgust and lack of patience the way­ this writer cleary made excuses out of every fault. I­ might not be a chelsea fan but how long will it take­ UEFA to ensure that justice is not just as said, but as­ seen to be displayed. Making of escuses would not avail­ the obviouse robbery on the red night in the blue home.­ While I would strongly condem the reffing of the­ night-I urge Chelsea fans to be at peace as there are­ many more season, which one can go there way.­

Finally, I won't go without adding that if FIFA ­ allows a Ref. like Tom to participate in a world stage­ after the irritating display of lack of jugdment and­ conscience in Chelsea Vs. Barca, then there is a signal­ that the lack of judgment is that of the football­ bodies and not the Refs... Obviously, the world would­ watch critically and irritatingly any match his­ reffing. Kudos UEFA, long live the football bodies...

go stop pretending that u ar chelsea fans while u ar­ barca fans....y u talking about united?if u think barca­ better side then prove it...beat united....dont refer­ from last season performer...i know barca improve a­ lots...united improve as well...they already have 2­ cup...that as a prove...last season they win 2 cup­ only...now they already have 2...and 2 still running...