Champions League - Terry blasts team-mates' bans

Eurosport - Fri, 19 Jun 21:34:00 2009

Chelsea captain John Terry has criticised the severity of the punishments handed out to Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa for their Champions League semi-final tirades.

FOOTBALL; Didier Drogba, John Terry, Chelsea v Cluj, Dec 2008 - 0

The pair were banned by UEFA for, respectively, four and three European matches - with extra games suspended - this week for their part in the controversy which followed the Londoners' second-leg draw with Barcelona at Stamford Bridge.

"What happened with Didier and the comments made after the game took the hype away from the referee a little bit," the England skipper told talkSPORT.

A 1-1 scoreline sent the Blues crashing out to the eventual champions, but the Catalans' injury-time equaliser came after referee Tom Henning Ovrebo had turned down several strong penalty appeals from the English side.

Drogba, in particular, caused controversy with his post-match reaction, when he branded the Norwegian official a "f****** disgrace" on live television.

He apologised a day later, however, and Terry believes he deserved softer treatment from European football's governing body.

Terry added: "It was a very bad performance from him (Ovrebo), we all realised that. There were three or four clear penalty decisions that we should have had that night and that's something as a fan and as a player you will never forget.

"It was disappointing. I would like the people in charge to take these things in to perspective and realise that after the game Didier came out and apologised for his actions. I think he realises that kids were watching and he deserves a ban. But to that extent? I really don't think so. Maybe a two-match ban."

Bosingwa was punished for calling Ovrebo "a thief" in a post-match interview, and again Terry does not believe the right-back's misdemeanour warranted such a tough penalty.

"Jose Bosingwa's ban, I don't know where that's come from," said Terry. "Obviously every player was feeling what Bosingwa felt and thankfully nobody else said what he said. But he said what every fan and every player was thinking. Hopefully Chelsea can appeal and we can get that [the ban] down a little bit because we want those two players for the campaign next year."

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  1. Is nothing going to happen to ballack. He is a punk. ­ I hate chelsea but even they are too good for that­ little b itch. I hope he breaks his f ucking leg next­ season and is never able to fully recover

    From Shaka, on Wed 1 Jul 3:55PM
  2. I find it rather strange that so many obviously anti­ Chelsea people seem to trawl the links looking for­ threads to spew their vitriol. If comments by Chelsea­ players "annoy" you so much than stay away­ from the threads and simply dont read them. Also lets­ be clear - Chelsea WERE robbed by a corrupt referee­ clearly acting under orders and there is no point­ whatever appealing because the decision was made months­ ago and wont be reduced. Lets just wait and see next­ season what action is taken against Spanish/Turkish/ I­ talian clubs when there are problems ( as every year)­ in their grounds.

    From trevor.wightman, on Tue 30 Jun 12:01PM
  3. I think it's time that football clubs and players­ finally grew up. There were many things wrong on the­ night and it was a manifestation of Chelsea's­ problems throughout the season. No one player is­ bigger than the game we all love except for the players­ tonwhom it is a job and for many a meal ticket.­ Unfortunately they do not all love the game as much as­ us fans and do not understand the rules. I would like­ to say that Chelsea deserved all 4 penalties but I am­ not a liar. The media and especially the papers do not­ help the situation. They only want to sell newspapers.­ It happens time and again. They will enlarge any­ minor discrepancy.

    Firstly, only one of the 4­ 'claims' for a penalty was remotely near to­ being a penalty. The rule is hand to ball not ball to­ hand. The referee called both claims correctly. No­ penalty! Drogba's claim maybe should have been a­ penalty but if a referee sees throughout the game that­ he is falling down feigning injury he finally realises­ that this player is trying to make him look like a fool­ and of course he won't be made to look like fool. ­ Drogba is a cheat and needs to look at himself and­ decide what he wants to be remembered for in the game. ­ A cheat or a brilliant forward. Right now all fans­ HATE him and know him as a cheat. Change now Drogba or­ leave English football we don't need you here. You­ teach our children how to cheat not how to play­ football. Look at Ian Rush. Gary Lineker... NOT Alan­ Shearer.
    Secondly, John Terry - shut up please. You­ are the biggest cheat - what you did to Ledley King in­ the Spurs match was unbelievable and deserved a further­ ban for your racial comments - and you being Captain of­ England is shocking. You cannot say Drogba realised­ about kids watching the next day - you KNOW they watch­ all games and read papers. He should not have been on­ the field of play at the end and should NOT be talking­ to anyone let alone the referee like that.
    What­ happened to RESPE

    From shaibhatt, on Mon 29 Jun 11:43PM
  4. well i for one hope they do appeal,then when found­ guilty as charged again enforce the suspended games and­ ban bollock as well his actions and antics were every­ bit as bad as drogbas,and john terry should get some as­ well ,tyhe current chelsea crop do this time and time­ again ie hounding ref unable to control their players­ just total lack of class ..

    From mark b, on Mon 29 Jun 10:55PM
  5. Discipline is the key simple.Penalty is not a goal­ untill it is played and scored. Drogba should learn to­ be cautious after all he was subtituted and he is not­ the captain,also he did not score a goal that was­ disallowed, so why was he more emotional than any other­ player? May be he loves chelsea more than ABRAHAMOVIC.

    From imchoko, on Mon 29 Jun 9:59PM
  6. RESPECT!!!

    From Redzwan A, on Mon 29 Jun 7:31PM
  7. This is Champions League qualms, but I just remember­ the injustice meted out to Evra because of Chelsea­ groundsmen. Drogba deserved d ban and also Bosingwa cos­ they are just a pair of d indiscipline unit...chelsea­ players

    From Chris, on Mon 29 Jun 7:22PM
  8. John Terry has no right to criticise any referee when­ he is the biggest cheat of them all. He whines but has­ no values of life. Both players got what they deserved­ and should be ashamed of themselves for acting the way­ they did. We are trying extremely hard to educate park­ players and youngsters in the game to play the game­ correctly and learn the laws as they should be played­ to. Shame that the pro players refuse to take the laws­ of the game but are happy to break them week in week­ out.

    From pete c, on Mon 29 Jun 7:09PM
  9. The ref was a disgrace and a thief. The bans are much­ too harsh. It's either racism or Platini just­ doesn't like to see English clubs win. Congrats to­ Drogba and Bosingwa for call a duck a duck. And big up­ to to Terry the heart of the team.

    If you ask me, why­ wasn't the ref penalised?

    From frith, on Thu 25 Jun 11:26AM
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    I have lost so much respect for Terry! He could have­ stepped up to the plate and made sure he stood up for­ what is right for all the little fans out there­ watching these men....who am I kiddin', they are­ not men they pathetic little boys having a tantrum.­ Terry could have righted the wrong caused by his team­ mates, instead he has displayed yet another pathetic­ stance of being the "victim". WHERE HAVE ALL­ THE MEN GONE IN THIS WORLD?!?!?! Stand up for what is­ right, take responsibility for your actions, call it­ out as you see and MAN THE F@@K UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Wanna­ appeal a lenient decision! Then I hope UEFA­ doubles­ the ban for Diveba and Bitchwa!!! UEFA­ should also­ look back at Bollock chasing the ref and­ slap him with­ a ban too. Money is no object seeing as­ how Russian­ money buys silver easily, so treble that­ while they­ are there!!!!

    From bad sales, on Sun 21 Jun 2:26AM
  11. boow, pi55 off you f**king @#$% .

    From afcwasps, on Sat 20 Jun 7:17PM
  12. u kip blamin d player 4getin dat uefa is an association­ dat is corrupt and biased.how much did uefa fine­ spanish fa 4 racist attacks on heskey,what fined was­ given to inter and valencia when dere was a fight on­ the pitch,how much was roma fine when their fans attack­ man united fan,
    i think uefa decision is totally wrong­ and d judgement is unfair.

    From tunde j, on Sat 20 Jun 7:16PM
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    Ovrebo should officiate ALL Chelsea CL matches! That is­ the punishment he deserves. He should be the one to­ show the world how corrupt are chelsea and how childish­ they are in the face of defeat. If they could not win­ last year when Terry sold their victory to Man United,­ why do they hope to ever win it again. Didn't Terry­ make the confession public? Man United might have given­ him huge amounts of money to miskick that peno. He is­ worse than Ovrebo. Open your eyes chelsea, terry is the­ worse there is. He sacked Jose M, Avram G and big Phil.­ He doesn't like foreign managers and hates chelsea.­ He is a crying dragon and a devil.

    From Pooks, on Sat 20 Jun 6:59PM
  14. John Terry should be fined as well! I really have never­ liked that boy. He is so childish and he was amongst­ the players who assaulted Ovrebo after the match. he­ should be fined £100,000! He is here making noise as if­ he knows anything about good football: he lost chelsea­ a final last year and is here now making a bigmouth­ ape-like comments.

    From Pooks, on Sat 20 Jun 6:53PM
  15. I DNT BLAME UEFA I BLAME DROGBA BECAUSE HE HAD CHANCE­ TO FINISH THE GAM BUT HE WASTED IT, SO LETS TRY OUR­ LUCK NEXT SEASON HOPE WE AV A BETTER LUCK, ND MAY BE­ PLATINI MIGHT HAVE CHANGE HIS MIND ABOUT ROBBING US­ AGAIN

    From anlexmercy, on Sat 20 Jun 6:36PM
  16. if uefa is going to ban let them ban them even if they­ want to ban the entire squad,OVREBO this is a man that­ shuld not be seing in sportmanship again because he­ will ruin football, this a man that if u look at his­ record his not a good refree.lets see about poor­ officiating atleast they need to be ban too.ROB STYLE­ gave chelsea penalty against liverpool 3yrs ago only­ what he said was am sorry,this lad dat gave a goal­ instead of corner kick (WATFORD AGAINST READING),what­ about the goal DROGBA score against JUVENTUS, the­ penalty given to LIVERPOOL in the last minute against­ A.MADRID. all this was refree wrong,BUT YOU WILL NEVER­ TALK ABOUT THEM ONLY THE PLAYER YOU BAN THIS IS A­ DISGRACE.AT WORLD CUP IN A MATCH AV EVER SEE REFREE­ ISSUING 16 CARDS,BLATTER BLAME HIM BUT NO BAN, IN A­ GAME AV SEING REFREE ISSUE 2 YELLOW CARD TO A PLAYER­ WITHOUT SHOWING RED CARD. AM SORRY SOME REFREE NEED TO­ BE BEATING AT TIMES SMACK. WE DNT WANT CHEAT ANYMORE.

    From anlexmercy, on Sat 20 Jun 6:31PM
  17. DROGBA YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOUR SELF
    YOU NOT ONLY­ LET YOUR FANS, CLUB, AND TEAM MATES,
    DOWN YOU ALSO­ LET YOURSELF DOWN

    THE BAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN TWICE AS­ LONG

    From ray, on Sat 20 Jun 5:51PM
  18. This act from UEFA dose not really tell well and i
    am­ not happy about it.

    From oyemi, on Sat 20 Jun 4:47PM
  19. if chelsea try hard enough thay might even get points­ from penalties thay should have had in the leauge and­ then thay can say thay are the prem champions....i dont­ think

    From russcave2, on Sat 20 Jun 4:45PM
  20. chelsea deserved da win against barca da ref was not­ gud chelsea 4­ evaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    From KennedyO, on Sat 20 Jun 3:17PM
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