The match between Spain and Korea was worse, IMO, which puts into perspective how bad it was considering how bad the officiating in the Korea and Italy game was.
Football gods have evened it out. Italy/Spain for, Australia/Chel$ki against.
four penalties he missed. the red card was nothing.
Wrong.
#1. Understandable the ref called it just outside the box.
#2. Pique handball, fair enough.
#3. Same shout for Henry in the first leg not called. Drogba's diving reputation goes against him.
#4. Not a penalty.
Four shouts and one was genuine and one was maybe a little harsh. So, in reality, you have 2, at best, shouts for a penalty. Over the course of the two legs these are evened out by Henry's penalty shout denied and Abidal's terrible red card decision.
You can crap on about the ref all you like but that does not mask the fact Chel$ki could not score the goal to kill the game against 10 man Barca for over half an hour.
Where Chel$ki lost it;
#1. 100 minutes of football and one goal.
#2. John Terry doesn't score from the corner.
#3. Abidal sent off (harshly) in the 65th minute.
#4. Drogba passes the ball into Valdes' lap.
#5. The key moment that changed the game; Essien doesn't clear the ball but flicks it straight to Messi who immediately passes to Iniesta who scores. If that ball was cleared correctly then we don't have this discussion.
Typical reaction from a fair weathered, 2004 Chel$ki "fan."
