The first controversial penalty took place in the 24th minute of the first half. Chelsea left winger Malouda steals the ball on the left and Alves keeps moving his arm behind him. Malouda took the ball to the penalty area, and then he reversed and left Alves behind. Seeing that he lost his defensive position, Alves had no choice but to take Malouda down in the penalty area. The whistle of referee Henning sounded, and there was no penalty, only a free kick on the edge of the penalty area. From the referee's point of view, the ball was undoubtedly a foul, but he blew a free kick outside the penalty area. However, it is obvious from the playback that the penalty 100% is in the penalty area, which is undoubtedly a missed judgment.
The second controversial penalty took place in the 26th minute of the first half, when Drogba received a pass from his teammate and plunged into the penalty area to get rid of Abidar who was defending him. Abidar, who lost his position, pulled Drogba's shirt behind him and tripped over the spell with his leg. Throughout the process, the French full-back failed to touch the ball. This action is similar to that of Manchester United's Fletcher defending Fabregas in the second leg of yesterday's first semi-final, but in that game, although Fletcher touched the ball, he was still awarded a penalty and a red card, and Abidar didn't touch the shadow of the ball at all, but Henning let Drogba down. According to the same standard, Abidar should be awarded a penalty and a red card.
The third controversial penalty took place in the 67th minute. Anelka was thrown to the ground by Abidar behind him with a subtle action after forming a single knife, but the referee showed a red card directly! Objectively speaking, this ball, the action behind Abidar is too small to be obvious. It is obviously too harsh for the referee to show the red card directly.
The fourth controversial penalty took place in the 82nd minute, and Pique made an obvious handball in the penalty area. At that time, the former Manchester United player put the racket directly on the ground with his palm in the restricted area. Although Anelka tried his best to show Pique that he had violated the dogma, this obvious penalty was once again let go by referee Henning.
It is no exaggeration to say that these four controversial decisions have changed the overall situation of the game, and there has been no chance. Chelsea, which scored only 1, has lost the victory. They could have scored 3-0 in the first 30 minutes (two penalties+Essien's goal), but Henning let them go.
And strangely enough, the first half of the game was finished, but Herning gave up three minutes of stoppage time at most. In such a contest, it is extremely rare to make up for 3 minutes in the first half, not to mention that the first half of the game has not been interrupted. In the second half of the game, Henning gave another four minutes of stoppage time. It was in stoppage time that Iniesta seized the opportunity to equalize the score. One detail you can see is that the first half of the game, 48 minutes, 10 seconds. Harvey's shot outside the penalty area was suspected to have touched the Chelsea defender's body and crossed the bottom line, but Henning did not punish the corner kick. After the half-time whistle, Barcelona players Harvey, Pique and Eto 'o chased Haining for a corner kick, which put pressure on the referee.
In the 95th minute of the game, Barak shot Keita's arm in the restricted area, but objectively speaking, the ball was completely different from Pique's intentional handball, but passive handball. Henning, who refused to give Chelsea a penalty, certainly didn't blow it. Barak chased Henning and roared loudly. He knew it might be his last chance to reach the Champions League final in his career, but he was still deprived alive by Norwegian referee Henning.
Perhaps the Premier League is too strong, with three teams reaching the semi-finals for three consecutive seasons and the finals for five consecutive seasons; After Chelsea's promotion, aesthetic fatigue will inevitably appear in the final, which is not conducive to the commercial development of UEFA. Therefore, Henning is inevitably inspired by his superiors. Perhaps, for Chelsea, their exit is inevitable. Because it is simple, Platini and his UEFA don't want to see Chelsea and Manchester United meet again in the final.
Since the draw for the final of the Champions League18 in 2008-2009 season, Platini has set obstacles for the Premier League teams. Chelsea vs Juventus, Rome vs Arsenal, Manchester United vs Inter Milan, Liverpool vs Real Madrid, all discerning people will know why the Premier League is so smart, and they have all won the top teams in Europe. But what Platini didn't expect was that the Premier League team was all red and the Serie A team was wiped out. In this game, the ugly performance of referee Henning perfectly confirmed UEFA's plan. Yes, if they want Barcelona to win the championship, even if the top four of the Premier League are forced together, they can't beat Barcelona for the simple reason that they don't want to see the strength of the Premier League. The referee named Henning is not without a criminal record. In 2008, he gave the Romanian a penalty before the end of the European Cup, which almost led to the elimination of the Italian team. Henning was punished by UEFA after the game. And such a game, let such a referee with a criminal record enforce the law, obviously, UEFA's plan is obvious. When politics can override football, this is the ugliest scene that has happened on the field since the start of the Champions League 54 years ago! Regardless of the two sides of the game, the German media Bild, which has always been rigorous, gave the referee Henning an extremely rare 6 points after the game. (German grading rules, 5 points is equivalent to failing, and 6 points is extremely rare)
Many things, facts are facts, but the truth can't be concealed. Over the years, Barcelona, who believes in beautiful football, will still be recorded in the list of teams that have advanced to the Champions League finals, although it has not played beautiful football at all. For fans who still believe that "football is not politics" and "the truth will not be covered up", there is only one winner in this game, and that is the great Chelsea. From the group match against Rome, to the 1/8 final against Juventus, to the 1/4 final against Liverpool, and to Barcelona tonight, everyone has seen how Chelsea people have come this far. Yes, their performance tonight is worthy of being a sophomore. I believe this is the heartfelt voice of everyone with conscience, whether you are a Barcelona fan or a Chelsea fan.