The day Ovrebo stopped Chelsea and created a myth of uefalone
Tom Hening Ovreb (58), by profession a psychologist, got into the head fans Chelsea 2009 and has not been out since. Years after the game Chelsea and Barcelona In the semi -finals of the Champions League at Stamford Bridge, he received death threats.
The Norwegian judge, exactly 16 years ago, was roughly damaging to Chelsea in the Champions League semi -finals, and in Barcelona put the anger of Chelsea fans on Barcelona. Many say that that evening was a Uefalon, a derogatory name for Barcelona marking the team pushed by Uefa, even though it has nothing to do with it. But here, Uefalon seems to have created Tom Hening Ovrebo, and his criminal trial.
After 0-0 at Camp Nou, Chelsea took a goal from Stamford Bridge with a goal by Essien in the ninth minute and had a pass to the finals, but then Andres Iniesta scored 1-1 in the third minute of the referee’s team, so the Catalan team passed away because of the goal, and won the Champions League by winning the league.
A few years ago, the Spanish daily Marc found him far from football, who, as he admitted, froze mostly because of the match that marked him. To Chelsea, those sad nights for anyone who loved football missed not one, not two, but at least four penalties.
‘It wasn’t my best day’
– I no longer judge, even though when my colleagues need advice, I am, especially on the psychological side. But I no longer participate in football. I’m enough, I’ve worked for so many years on weekends, now I’m enjoying my free time, ”Ovreb told Marco.
‘I’m not proud of my trial’
He judged catastrophically that evening, and he was aware of it.
– Things like this happen when you’re a judge, sometimes you’re not at the level you should be. Players are wrong, coaches are wrong. I’m not proud of my show, it wasn’t my day, ”Ovreba said.
A rather modest statement for the author of one of the greatest judicial shames in the history of the Champions League. To all who watched the match and later viewed the recording dozens of times, it was clear that Chelsea was brutally stolen.
The London club counted six inconsistent penalties, judicial analyzes showed that Ovreb did not judge at least four pure penalties, if you forget, here’s the chronology.
Ovreb’s 6 sins
- Dani Alves demolish Florenta Maloud, instead of penalties, Ovrebo pulls that faul to the edge of the penalty area.
- Eric Abidal pulls Didier Drogba for a jersey in 16 meters, no penalties for ovreb
- Yaya toure breaks the anelka from the back, again none of the penalty
- Touré is back in action, this time pushes Nicolas Anelka in front of a goal – no penalties
- Gerard Pique played by hand, this is still the only thing that man has done, and to see from space, but Ovrebo has not seen it
- The new hand of the Barcelona player, Ovrebo says – no!
Hello, a reception? You can come for things
– Did I watch the recording? I always watch a recording of my matches and trying to learn something from it. I made some mistakes that night, but I proudly look at everything I did in my career. It is easy to say after the games why you didn’t do this or that, we have to decide the hundredths of a second, there is also pressure – Ovrebo said, adding:
« We had to change the hotel that evening, » said Ovrebo, who never judged more important matches again, and retired in October 2013.
‘You are a shame!’
Those words roared in the Didier Drogba camera after defeating Barcelona. Uefa punished him with four games. Jose Bosingwa went something better because of the comment that Barcelona bought a fair trial that night. He received a fair three games of punishment.
– I get three to four threatening e-mails a year and some letters. But these messages will never see my family, I don’t want it to disturb them. It’s all part of the job, I learned a lot, life goes on – Ovreba said in earlier interviews.
