Awful is too nice a word for the ref in the Chelsea-Barca match. If ever there was a ref on the take, he was it. He blew FIVE calls in the box that should have been PK's for Chelsea. Drogba (twice) gets pulled down in the box before he can get a chance to finish (26th and 8nd minutes). Very hard to finish when you're on your back. Two obvious handballs, Pique's would have been called by a 12yo rec ref and the one on Ballack's shot in the 96th minute was almost as bad. But on that one the ref was right on top of. Didn't know you could turn your back on a shot, throw your arm in the air and get hit directly in the tricep and not have it be a hand ball. Ballack certainly thought it was. Then Anelka get pulled down in the box near the end and no call. The only call that was made 3-4 feet inside the box was not awarded a PK but a free kick just outside.
This ref should NEVER do another professional game and they should keep an eye on all his bank accounts.
Last edited by GSDad; 05/06/09 11:25 PM.
