Chelsea Robbed in Barcelona Tie

Chelsea were robbed. The referee simply hated Chelsea FC. In match terms, he just refused to give penalties to Chelsea. There were at least three of them by my count. You even had Gerard Pique admitting the handball that he was involved in. There was a handball even in the last 10 seconds of the match.

Going by his reluctance, even a goal-keeper like save by an outfield player would not have been called hand ball. In the first half, you had Malouda brought down very clearly inside the box and being given a free kick. The referee was a complete joke. Either he is the worst referee in Europe or he is the most corrupt.

By the way, Chelsea played a fantastic game of football. They attacked and created several good chances, they defended resolutely and is terribly unlucky to be the losing side. We simply played Barca out of the game. They had a lot of possession but did not have even one shot on target until stoppage time. Meanwhile, Chelsea had so many chances to kill the game.

I say Chelsea were robbed because there were at least three stonewall penalties that were denied. Jose Mourinho has always said how referees and UEFA favoured clubs like Barcelona and Milan. I believe him.

Chelsea deserved to win tonight by a margin of some goals. The only "thing" that was between Chelsea and the champions league final was that Barca-supporting referee. I’m backing and supporting Manchester to win the champions league. Barscum must be beaten and put where they belong to.

Is the champions league jinxed for Roman? In '04-'05, we were eliminated by the ghost goal by Liverpool. In '05-'06, Messi playacted to get Del Horno sent off. In '06-'07, we went out in penalties in semi finals. In '07-'08, we could not win the finals due to an unfortunate slip. And now, this game.

Anyway, Chelsea will be back next season. With (probably) a new and improved squad and (probably) a new manager. We must thank Guus. He’s done a great job at Chelsea in such short period. He was just terribly unlucky not to reach the finals.

It’s so depressing like the Moscow night but once again, I’m proud of the Blues!