Top 5 Refereeing Decisions that Shook the World

2) Tom Ovrebo – Denied Chelsea’s penalty claims against Barcelona 2009

The tie was at a knife edge when Chelsea hosted Barcelona in the second leg of the 2009 Champions League semi final.

Chelsea had taken the lead through a Micheal Essien wonder goal early in the match. History will tell you that Andres Iniesta score a last minute away goal for Barcelona to took them in to the Champions final.

But Chelsea fans will never forget what happened prior to Iniesta’s goal. Penalty claim after penalty claim was refused for no apparent reason. Pique openly handled the ball in the penalty box and no penalty was given.

Drogba was dragged down by his shirt in the penalty box and nothing was given. Even after Iniesta scored, Ballack smashed a volley up against Eto’s elbow in the penalty box and no penalty was given.

Drogba used expletive language post match towards the TV monitors as the Chelsea players completely lost their heads against Tom Ovrebo. A Sad night at the Bridge indeed due to some bad refereeing decisions.

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