Source: Daily_Mail
Cheated out: Foul-mouthed Drogba rages as ref denies furious Chelsea FOUR penalties
Chelsea's bid for Champions League revenge ended in heartbreak and anger last night.
They were denied a series of clear penalties before Andres Iniesta grabbed a 93rd-minute equaliser to book Barcelona's place in the final against Manchester United.
But Didier Drogba's foul-mouthed outburst at Norwegian referee Tom Henning
Ovrebo after the final whistle went over the top and is bound to attract UEFA's attention.
As Ovrebo walked past Drogba, who had been substituted in the secondhalf, the Chelsea striker shouted into a television camera: 'Are youwatching this? It is a f****** disgrace.'
Ovrebo is said to haveadmitted to UEFA officials that he made some major mistakes in thegame. This is bound to form part of an investigation into theofficiating of such a high-pressure tie.
Drogba, sent offagainst United in last year's final defeat in Moscow, had to berestrained by manager Guus Hiddink before storming off to the dressingroom.
The reaction from the Chelsea fans was equally furious. They were incensed that four clear claims for a penalty one for a foul on Florent Malouda by Dani Alves, another by Eric Abidal on Drogba, and two handball shouts against Gerard Pique and Samuel Eto'o had been waved away by the official.
Pique admitted he did touch the ball with his hand but said: 'The ref can decide what he wants and he decided it was not a penalty.'
Chelsea had looked on course for a chance to avenge last year's defeat on penalties by United after Michael Essien's stunning ninth-minute volley, but Iniesta grabbed Barcelona's vital away goal with one added minute remaining.
Hiddink admitted his team should have put the result beyond doubt. He said: 'We should have scored in an open situation.
But we could talk a lot about penalties not given. There were three situations that were so clear. I shall not say what I really feel.
We all feel injustice. You should ask the people at UEFA who gave the referee this game. You have seen clearly and he was five yards away the hand ball by Pique... the hand was going up. If he was blocked from seeing it, then there is also an assistant referee.'
Asked whether the refereeing performance had anything to do with UEFA not wanting two English teams in the final again, Hiddink added: 'You can never prove this. It's just said out of emotion.'
Chelsea captain John Terry said: 'The word conspiracy is maybe the wrong one. It's difficult when players are so high on emotion after a game.
People are saying we shouldn't have reacted the way we did. But those decisions went against us in front of 40,000 people and for the ref to not give one of them is unusual.
'Why did we get a referee who has officiated in 10 games in the Champions League in his career? I'm fully behind Didier, the way he reacted. It is the referee who should face the consequences, not Didier. We did what we needed to do to beat Barcelona and we expect referees to do the right thing.'
Barca coach Pep Guardiola was full of praise for the way his side battled back despite having Eric Abidal sent off it the 66th minute.
'I can understand that Chelsea are disappointed about the referee but I didn't see the penalty claims,' he said. 'What I saw was that we tried to win the game.'
To dampen Barca's joy, both they and United will be allocated only 19,500 tickets each for the final in Rome on May 27, an issue both sides will no doubt be taking upwith UEFA.
