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LONDON - NORWEGIAN referee Tom Henning Ovrebo was smuggled out of Britain on Thursday by police who feared for his safety because of his role in Chelsea's exit from the Champions League at the hands of Barcelona. Ovrebo turned down four strong penalty appeals by Chelsea, who lost the semi-final on the away goals rule after Andres Iniesta scored in the 93rd-minute of the second leg to level the scores at 1-1 on the night and on aggregate.

At the end of the game, Ovrebo was confronted by a furious Didier Drogba and had to be escorted down the tunnel by a group of Chelsea stewards who had difficulty restraining the striker.

Fearing reprisals from furious fans, police changed Ovrebo's hotel before organising his exit from the country, according to former international referee Graham Poll.

Poll, now a media pundit, revealed: 'This morning he's being smuggled out of our country under police escort - this is a referee of a football match. That is a disgrace.

'When he booked in a hotel they had to change the hotel he was staying at because of the fear that maybe fans would find him.'

Ovrebo's situation has worrying echoes of the hounding of Swedish referee Anders Frisk, who retired from the game in 2005 after receiving death threats in the wake of another ill-tempered meeting between Chelsea and Barcelona.

Frisk sent Drogba off in the first-leg of a second round match and was accused by Chelsea's then-boss Jose Mourinho of having invited Frank Rijkaard, the Barca coach at the time, into his room at half-time. -- AFP

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Now THAT would not suprise me, it was just the sort of performance that Media Whore Poll would give against us.....

He definitely spouts a lot of anti Chelsea bile when he can. Remember when he kept saying Terry wasnt fit to be England captain ?? Moralising this morning about Ballack, Drogba, Cech this morning about how disgraceful their behaviour was.....

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He definitely spouts a lot of anti Chelsea bile when he can. Remember when he kept saying Terry wasnt fit to be England captain ?? Moralising this morning about Ballack, Drogba, Cech this morning about how disgraceful their behaviour was.....

The idiot typically glossing over the only aspect he needs to comment on. "Yes the ref was poor, BUT, Chelsea blah blah blah yadda yadda......."

The man is a wastrel of the highest order.....

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Well , Dint you know the Ref had a call from Mr. Platini telling him to make sure there isnt another All English final more so with the same teams as last year. That is bad for football.

Omg are you serious? Woho what a dirty conspiracy you have done Platiini..We want justice!!!!

About Poll, he just know how to comment but the real thing is, he's nothing but a scum idiot person who loves to talk shit.

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why are we blaming the ref? we were afraid to attack barca. we've forked out billions of oil dollars on this team and over 180 minutes they ran scared! the ref was bad, but if we can't attack we don't deserve to be in the final. i admire what guardiola has done for barca and i think they are deserved finalists. xavi ran the show in the middle of the park and he's one of the smallest players!

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why are we blaming the ref? we were afraid to attack barca. we've forked out billions of oil dollars on this team and over 180 minutes they ran scared! the ref was bad, but if we can't attack we don't deserve to be in the final. i admire what guardiola has done for barca and i think they are deserved finalists. xavi ran the show in the middle of the park and he's one of the smallest players!

I think your a little lost, the Barca forum is that way --------------------------->

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why are we blaming the ref? we were afraid to attack barca. we've forked out billions of oil dollars on this team and over 180 minutes they ran scared! the ref was bad, but if we can't attack we don't deserve to be in the final. i admire what guardiola has done for barca and i think they are deserved finalists. xavi ran the show in the middle of the park and he's one of the smallest players!

If they completely out played us, howcome they only had one shot on target? We created better chances than they did regardless of the possession. Football is about attacking and defending and over those two legs I have never seen better defending in my life. We kept the best attacking team in the world from scoring for 180 minutes. Tactically genius by Guus Hiddink, so yes the referee is to blame for us not going through because we were the better side.

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why are we blaming the ref? we were afraid to attack barca. we've forked out billions of oil dollars on this team and over 180 minutes they ran scared! the ref was bad, but if we can't attack we don't deserve to be in the final. i admire what guardiola has done for barca and i think they are deserved finalists. xavi ran the show in the middle of the park and he's one of the smallest players!

5 shots on target from us and 1 shot on target from them in 93rd minute.. The fact that we had 4-5 good penalty shouts show that,, OUR ATTACK WAS TOP NOTCH AND THEY COULDNT HANDLE US IN THE BOX. How hard is it to understand. We had them in our pocket and got done in by that Son of a Dick.

The best attacking team in the world couldnt find a shot on target against us till 93rd minute. And were carried throughout on the fat shoulders of that bald cunt.

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If they completely out played us, howcome they only had one shot on target? We created better chances than they did regardless of the possession. Football is about attacking and defending and over those two legs I have never seen better defending in my life. We kept the best attacking team in the world from scoring for 180 minutes. Tactically genius by Guus Hiddink, so yes the referee is to blame for us not going through because we were the better side.

my point was that we shouldn't be relying on pens. hiddink's tactical genius!!!!! don't attack and hope barca don't score....oops! that was a great fucking tactic!! he's just another big money spend from Roman. things don't go his was so he flashes the cash!

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my point was that we shouldn't be relying on pens. hiddink's tactical genius!!!!! don't attack and hope barca don't score....oops! that was a great fucking tactic!! he's just another big money spend from Roman. things don't go his was so he flashes the cash!

Shots on Target: Chelsea 4 Barcelona 1

Shots off Target: Chelsea 5 Barcelona 8

Total Shots: Chelsea 9 Barcelona 9

Hmmmm, looks like we attacked as much as them to me. Possesion means jack, it's what you do with the ball that counts.

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my point was that we shouldn't be relying on pens. hiddink's tactical genius!!!!! don't attack and hope barca don't score....oops! that was a great fucking tactic!! he's just another big money spend from Roman. things don't go his was so he flashes the cash!

What in the blue hell are you talking about? What does this have to do with Hiddink, clearly you did not watch the match because Chelsea outplayed them the entire match. Yes, the Barca goal was legit and fair, but we also had 4 penalty appeals (especially 2 handballs? how the fuck can you not see them) that were not accounted for which did cost us the game.

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If they completely out played us, howcome they only had one shot on target? We created better chances than they did regardless of the possession. Football is about attacking and defending and over those two legs I have never seen better defending in my life. We kept the best attacking team in the world from scoring for 180 minutes. Tactically genius by Guus Hiddink, so yes the referee is to blame for us not going through because we were the better side.

Im agree. We created a better chances though they control most of the game, high in ball possession. I can see the commitment and I think we deserve to be in final. Compare to bayern and real, we created a better result. Means here we have a great defence and also a great attakcer who gives 100% focus to win.

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Barcelona are very much like Arsenal, in the fact that because they play supposed "attractive" football they have the right to win every game. When someone sets out to spoil their game plan and come away with a result they don't like it and claim bully boy tactics and everything else they can think of....

Every Barcelona fan will know they got damed lucky yesterday. We restricted the "supposed" best attacking team in the world to 1 shot on target, while at the same time getting a goal ourselves and having some other excellant chances, not to mention being denied other chances illegally which should have resulted in penalties.

At the end of the day it has come down to bad luck, and a bad ref.

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Shots on Target: Chelsea 4 Barcelona 1

Shots off Target: Chelsea 5 Barcelona 8

Total Shots: Chelsea 9 Barcelona 9

Hmmmm, looks like we attacked as much as them to me. Possesion means jack, it's what you do with the ball that counts.

lyon 1-1 barca

bayern 1-1 barca

Chelsea 1-1 barca

i guess did no more than lyon or bayern! one shot on target and one goal.....like you said, possession means jack, it's what you do with it. 100% record for barca on the 'shots on target' front! what efficiency!

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