Chelsea’s Champions League semi-final match against Barcelona was fixed – Guus Hiddink alleges
A former Chelsea manager, Guus Hiddink, has claimed that the Blues’ 2009 UEFA Champions League semi-final defeat to Barcelona might have been fixed.
Hiddink said that the officiating of the encounter by referee Tom Henning Ovrebo was the worst he has ever seen.Ovrebo, who now works as a psychologist in Oslo, turned down four Chelsea’s penalty claims, and the West London club was cruelly eliminated from the Champions League by Andres Iniesta’s 94th-minute goal for Barcelona which put them through on the away goal’s rule.
After the match, Chelsea striker, Didier Drogba, verbally attacked Ovrebo, and later received a five-match ban. “The referee performance surprised me because, in the past, he would have perfect performances,” Hiddink told Ziggo Sport.“This is the only time I thought a match could have been fixed.”“It was not my best day,” Ovrebo told Marca in 2018.“Some days, you aren’t at the level you should be.“There were several errors, and everyone will have their opinion of those plays.”
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