Unbelievable ARROGANCE from CFC. The Ref was poor as we­ all know, but the behavior of their players was truly­ childish and the bans are pathetically lenient and the­ fine a total joke, and why wasn't Ballack in the­ dock too?
Reading the Chelsea fans' comments sums­ up what a sad state football has become. I've been­ more inclined to watch the egg-chasers in recent times,­ but now it appears that some countries think thuggery­ is ok, so maybe not. Is there anyone out there who­ wants to compete in a "sport"?

to you jameslan01............................comment ­ 72...
people should be very cautious with what they­ write or say about others and i dont think for any­ reason, Drogba should be desribed as APE .....this is­ just a matter of football or you`ve got other scores to­ settle with Drogba. what will be your reaction if i­ likened you to a PIG....grow up man

i wait to see the outcome of this appeal if the­ dissission is changed at all would be a travisty­ football today is a game of three parts football and­ the antics of some of the players getting players sent­ off and a wink or nod to the bench of the harrasing of­ the officials including foul language. the culture in­ football now includes attacking the officials for every­ dissission right or wrong it would be a radiacal move­ to book any player who questioned a referee or showed­ desent, but we all know if that was implemented you­ would have less than 5 players on the field before half­ time. IT's a better man than me­ "Gunggerdin" who has the answers to the­ playing just footbaal for 90 minutes.

Harsh? He was lucky his punishment didn`t get worse! I­ do agree that the referee did wrong decisions but still­ your not meant to fight him/Take the micky. He should­ have had a bigger ban for what he did.

This is idiocy of the highest order, this Ovrebo guy­ has been let to go lose after officiating a match like­ a 14 year old teenage girl. This Ovrebo is the man to­ be BANNED, not drogba. OVREBO should be banned from­ officiating any matches for the next 6 months, and­ during that period he should go back to refereeing­ school or wherever they teach them how to officiate.­

Secondly, can people stop this nonsense, that drogbas­ comments were a bad example to children worldwide!­ Thats bull.s.h.*t! What of Ovrebos judgments? What do­ they teach those kids? That its good to be unfair? Fifa­ and Michelle Platini should wake up and smell­ themselves before pointing fingers at players.

In the end, Chelsea only have themselves to blame for­ losing that game. Despite the missed calls from the­ ref, the fact is they had the lead with a man­ advantage. Guus Hiddnik made a tactial mistake (a­ common one at) for dropping back in the last 25 mins­ which allowed Barca space and the opportunity to score.­ If they had kept attacking, Chelsea would have won­ that game, no doubt.

UP CHELSEA!!!

The bans are rightly deserved. There is absolutely no­ excuse for the behavior of Chelsea players after that­ game, no matter how controversial the ref was or how­ important the game was, absolutely no excuse. ­ Drogba's behavior in particular was disgraceful.­ They are a professionals and should act like a­ professionals, win or lose. Actually, the only Chelsea­ player who demonstrated true class and professionalism­ after that game was Frank Lampard. BTW, there was no­ UEFA controversy against Chelsea. Yes, the ref­ didn't award the so called penalities, but he also­ gave Barca an undeserved red card when Chelsea had the­ lead. Don't see how that's biased.

Kim Whittaker-what about the Arsenal players the­ previous season when denied a stone bonk penalty at­ Ashburton Grove and then a dodgy one given against at­ Anfield in quarter finals against Liverpool-did they­ chase the ref about and swear at the tv cameras like­ demented little children? No.
Who's the saddo now­ dear?
All players should take a leaf out of the British­ Lions rugby team though-they accepted those bad­ decisions against them with hardly a whimper.

JIMMYRICE, wud u cop on to urself. "Drogba giving­ his all", Are u joking me. If the cheating scumbag­ stayed on his feet he might have scored a chance or 2.­ Instead he was too busy cheating like he has done since­ joining the epl. The size of the muppet and he rolling­ around holding his leg half the game. He should be­ banned for a season. Wake up prat.

I cannot get over all u rent boys whinging on here­ still. That ape drogba deserved what he got, bosingwa­ too, pity that german scum ballack didnt get what he­ was due. These boys think they can run the game, fair­ play to uefa for standing up to them. Im fed up of­ these stupid comments such as kim whittaker ' the­ ref was advised by uefa to rob chelsea '. Why dont­ u lot death threat this ref too and run him out of­ football. BITTER BITTER SORE LOSER SCUM!!!!!!!!

It is time for FIFA to bring in technology and with it­ respect for the referees.
1. There should TV cameras­ available for instant review for penalty area­ infractions.
2. Only the Team captain has the right to­ challenge (three) a referees call and invoke the­ instant replay.
3. Any kind of dissent shown by players­ should result in a Yellow card
4. Any foul language­ used by players rat stage of the game results in a Red­ card

I'm not a Chelsea fan, but I must say without a­ doubt that Chelsea did get the wrong end of the stick,­ and the refereeing was blatantly biased. Come on­ ManUre, Liverpuke and arse-anal fans admit that if your­ team was the the target of biased calls you would not­ be crying foul and defending the actions of your­ players? And what about your Managers who are never­ short on words after a game? If UEFA had any marbles­ they would look into root of this problem and have to­ wonder why would the Captains of two prominent national­ teams (Ballack and Terry) would chase after the referee­ and give them a mouthful. Having said all that Drogba­ and Bosingwa were wrong in what they did. The Chelsea­ players wrong in their actions after the game: Two­ wrongs do not make a right. Chelsea/Hiddink should have­ taken a page from SAF, Wenger, Benitez, Mourinhos book­ and called out the UEFA on the biased refereeing. It is­ time to get technology involved into this­ "business".

This week's controvesy has been about Burger and­ his gouging and the rights and wrongs of his punishment­ .. in some ways he (IMHO) has brought Rugby Union into­ disrepute .. however, I am so pleased that I follow the­ oval ball code when I remember how the Boks reacted to­ the yellow card after 30 secs and how the Lions­ didn't pester the ref to send him off (red card) -­ when you see the likes of Drogba, Ballack etc. who earn­ more than the entire Lions team put together acting­ like spoilt kids - you suddenly realise that perhaps­ there is more to sport than the money and the glory ...­

On a related note - so sad to see de villiers­ actually attempting to condone the action with his - if­ ya wanna dance bye a tutu comment - now if anything­ brings a game into disrepute then it will be purile and­ assinine comments such as that ..

UEFA finally do something right. About time the­ FA/Premier League took a similar stand against the­ prima donna 'top clubs' who think they are­ bigger than the sport.

"unnecessarily harsh"
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It was­ "unnecessarily harsh" For Ballack to always­ chase the ref and man handle­ him.
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"unnecessarily harsh" For­ Drogba's disgrace mouthful
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"unnecessarily­ harsh" For nearly the whole team to surround the­ ref and have him to be escorted off the­ pitch.
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"unnecessarily harsh" For the fans­ to throw missiles at the ref.
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Be a team Chelsea, one­ that kids van be proud of, not one like the old days of­ the firms.

62 your arte wrong about the handball rule and probably­ more if your arm/hand is above your head it's­ deemed as handball ! think again

60 you talk like you are a great authority ! i doubt it­ very much jealous boy