He didn’t even get booked! It’s a f**king disgrace!

Michael Ballack may have avoided physical contact with Tom Henning Øvrebø, but Sergi Busquets wasn’t so lucky.

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Help the stroppy striker slap a bald Norwegian

We’ve struck while the iron is lukewarm on this one, but better late than never, eh? Littlehooliganz.com - the same folks who helped bring football hooliganism to the intertubes) have produced viral video game based on Didier Drogba’s flip-flopped rage.

Play it here.

Blues may ditch Champions League troublemaker

Competition for the lauded Ashley Cole Referee Bullying Award was fierce on Wednesday night, but Didier Drogba just about edged ahead Michael Ballack to secure victory.

Following the flip-flopped potty mouth rant that may see him out of European action until beyond Christmas, the hot-headed Ivorian is in grave danger of losing his space in the Chelsea training ground car park. According to the nation’s favourite red top (that’ll be The Sun), the Blues are ready to ditch the Ivorian, provided they get a decent offer in the summer.

The Spoiler appreciates Drogba’s passion, but can’t see past the stones he is throwing from his glass house: for a player whose game is based so much around cheating to lambast a referee for failing to stick to the rules is the height of hipocracy. That said, we’re not convinced his unprofessional actions are worthy of expulsion from Stamford Bridge.

What do you think? Sell him or give him a slap on the wrist? Let us know below…

“Are you watching this? It’s a f**king disgrace.”

Poor old Didier Drogba. Despite trying to help his team by throwing himself on the floor as much as possible, he was ultimately denied another opportunity to get sent off in a Champions League final by the piss poor refereeing of Norwegian Tom Henning Øvrebø. Le Drog  - who thought nothing of dropping the F-Bomb in front of millions of TV viewers - now faces a lengthy ban for wearing flip flops on the pitch verbally abusing the offical.

Michael Ballack will also face the wrath of UEFA, after giving web-savvy fans the opportunity to create endless hilarious gifs (see here and here).

While Ballack and Drogba’s conduct may have been unacceptable, the inexperienced Norwegian has since admitted he did not perform his job properly:

The referee is understood to have told the UEFA match delegate after the game that he made “significant mistakes” over the course of the game.

It’s no secret that Michel Platini and his UEFA cronies were extremely keen to avoid another all-English final, leaving conspiracy theorists convinced that Øvrebø’s questionable decisions cannot simply be put down to his woefully bad judgment. After the game, Guus Hiddink hinted at a stitch-up:

“Conspiracy is a very tough word, I don’t want to go with that tough word. [Um, you just did - Ed.]

“I cannot say if UEFA would not like another all-English final.”

So, what do we think? Was it all a big carve up, or can we put this one down to human error? Let us know your thoughts below…

Barcelona and referee defeat Blues to reach final

Chelsea 1/ Barcelona 1 (Aggregate 1-1, Barcelona progress on away goals rule)

After 90 minutes of utter domination* over the supposed best team in the world, Chelsea may have felt confident of a second successive Champions League final. However, in the 93rd, Andres Iniesta cancelled out Michael Essien’s superb opener with Barcelona’s first shot on target of the game.

The real star of the show, of course, was Norwegian referee Tom Henning Øvrebø.  His laughably shite performance included a completely unnecessary sending off and the refusal of four penalty claims, at least three of which were definite fouls.

While the result is devastating for Chelsea fans, at least the neutrals can now look forward to the prospect of a vaguely interesting final.

*As some commenters pointed out, this clearly isn’t right. Read “utter domination over” as “resilient defending against”