Fool-guy runs for cover: Chelsea blunder ref Ovrebo is smuggled home after death threats

07 May 2009 23:10
The performance of Tom Henning Ovrebo at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night was nothing new to Norwegian football fans. [LNB]They chant 'Mer hur enn hyerne' - you have more hair than brains - at the bald official whenever he makes a mistake which, if you speak to any of them, appears to be fairly regularly.[LNB] Still asleep: Tom Henning Ovrebo naps on the plane to Oslo yesterday after his dozy display at Stamford Bridge enraged Chelsea players.[LNB]Dressed in a pair of jeans, some rugged mountain boots and a scruffy T-shirt that, much like his officating, had seen better days, the man with all the answers to all of Chelsea's questions flew home on flight SK804 from Heathrow to Oslo yesterday morning.[LNB]It had been some night. Bundled into the back of a silver Mercedes outside Stamford Bridge two hours after Andres Iniesta's magnificent strike sent Barcelona into the final on May 27, he was whisked away to a safe-house instead of his room, 403, at a plush retreat in London's Holland Park.[LNB]UEFA changed his flight, fearing a gang of Chelsea supporters would ambush him before he boarded the 7.20am from Heathrow.[LNB] Graham Poll: Ovrebo has been hounded just like a criminal...for £5,000Enemies of the game (part II): Drogba back in Bridge doghouse as he loses the moral high groundThe players on UEFA's hitlistGet Drogba out of here: Chelsea owner Abramovich loses patience after striker's tantrumCHELSEA FC

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