Chelsea's Drogba still angry over Moscow red

032Devil · 29th September 2008, 06:53

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba maintains he was wrongly sent-off against Manchester United in last season's Champions League final.

"I have not changed my idea about the red card," Drogba told the People.

"The United players were provoking me and I was the one who got sent off.

"I reacted the way I did because the decision was a massive injustice. I was psyched up to take my penalty when my turn came and in an instant I was off the pitch. I want to forget it.

"At least we have started well, but there is a long way to go and the tough games are still to come."

The Hairdryer · 29th September 2008, 06:56

Provoked my arse.

He ran 60 metres to get involved and then slapped someone.

What does he expect?

Storm · 29th September 2008, 07:15

I think I might hate this guy more than any other player. He's cocky,
arrogant and delusional. He's a fantastic player but ruins his own
reputation with his diving, cheating ways, much like Ronaldo.

To try and put the blame on United players for his sending off is his way of
taking the blame away from himself. A bigger man would have apologized
to the fans for doing something silly which possibly cost them the Champions
league trophy.

In a way, it shows that he's still bitter because we won the double and they didn't.

Partizan · 29th September 2008, 07:16

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Originally Posted by 032Devil

I want to forget it.

."

Clearly, thats why you're still banging on about it nearly five Months later. twat!

vijay · 29th September 2008, 07:27

The problem with Chelsea is Drogba. He’s from the Ivory Coast where Voodoo is the mainstay.

Did anyone notice Mutu, Sheva, Crespo etc were all great players at their respective clubs but could not cut the mustard with Chelsea all humiliated and last season Anelka was taken for a ride in the last three months without getting anywhere to the goal.

I smell some rat here.

Any player who is in competition with Didier always ends up ruined and Scolari isnt helping himself by making him come off the bench. He would ruin Chelsea completely, you’ve heard it first here

Storm · 29th September 2008, 07:34

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Originally Posted by vijay

The problem with Chelsea is Drogba. He’s from the Ivory Coast where Voodoo is the mainstay.

Did anyone notice Mutu, Sheva, Crespo etc were all great players at their respective clubs but could not cut the mustard with Chelsea all humiliated and last season Anelka was taken for a ride in the last three months without getting anywhere to the goal.

I smell some rat here.

Any player who is in competition with Didier always ends up ruined and Scolari isnt helping himself by making him come off the bench. He would ruin Chelsea completely, you’ve heard it first here

I think you might be onto something there, but I could be lying.

Floyd · 29th September 2008, 07:35

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Originally Posted by 032Devil

"I reacted the way I did because the decision was a massive injustice."

What decision would that be then Didier?

That Tevez decided to tell United to push forward when Chelsea had a throw in near their own corner flag?

kiristao · 29th September 2008, 07:59

He is a little deluded it seems. How he thinks it is justified to slap (maybe it was a tap on the face but the question is about intent) an opponent is beyond me.
He says United players provoked him. Your a fucking professional for gods sake and should be able to handle it.

Sarni · 29th September 2008, 08:10

It was after 114 minutes or something, and neither side looked like scoring in that period at all. He wouldn't have taken a penalty anyway as Terry would not have let him.

Alex · 29th September 2008, 08:26

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Originally Posted by Sarni

It was after 114 minutes or something, and neither side looked like scoring in that period at all. He wouldn't have taken a penalty anyway as Terry would not have let him.

He and Ballack would have fought over the penalty just like they fought over free kicks at the Bridge two weeks earlier

MUFCgal · 29th September 2008, 08:42

Fully deserved the sending off. Chelsea started a riot for nothing all because Tevez kicked the ball out at their corner flag. Drogba got involved for no reason at all, then slapped Vida in the face, of course he had to be sent off. He can't take responsibility for his own actions. If he hadn't been sent off, he would no doubt have taken the penalty that most likely would have won them the European Cup as I couldn't see him missing the way Terry did. Just be a man Didier and admit you bollocked it up and you ultimately cost your team the Cup

prateik · 29th September 2008, 08:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by 032Devil

"The United players were provoking me and I was the one who got sent off.

"I reacted the way I did because the decision was a massive injustice. I was psyched up to take my penalty when my turn came and in an instant I was off the pitch. I want to forget it.

what decision ?
it was a chelsea throw in

Sarni · 29th September 2008, 08:45

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Originally Posted by MUFCgal

Fully deserved the sending off. Chelsea started a riot for nothing all because Tevez kicked the ball out at their corner flag. Drogba got involved for no reason at all, then slapped Vida in the face, of course he had to be sent off. He can't take responsibility for his own actions. If he hadn't been sent off, he would no doubt have taken the penalty that most likely would have won them the European Cup as I couldn't see him missing the way Terry did. Just be a man Didier and admit you bollocked it up and you ultimately cost your team the Cup

Terry would not have let him take that penalty, he took it ahead of Anelka and Kalou who are both strikers and competent at those (well Anelka not this time), Terry was always going to take the fifth penalty.

He might have taken it instead of Ashley Cole but he scored his penalty so it would have made no difference.

x42bn6 · 29th September 2008, 08:55

I thought he'd be more pissed Chelsea lost the match rather than his red card.

Selfish twat.

FlawlessThaw · 29th September 2008, 09:18

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Originally Posted by Sarni

Terry would not have let him take that penalty, he took it ahead of Anelka and Kalou who are both strikers and competent at those (well Anelka not this time), Terry was always going to take the fifth penalty.

He might have taken it instead of Ashley Cole but he scored his penalty so it would have made no difference.

To quote the chief, "Nail meets head".

That's what the so called experts forget that Drogba would have taken the pen instead of Ashley Cole if you base it on the fact that Terry took a penalty for England in Euro 2004 ahead of Cole. Like you say Terry was always going to take the fifth penalty.

Sarni · 29th September 2008, 09:31

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Originally Posted by FlawlessThaw

To quote the chief, "Nail meets head".

That's what the so called experts forget that Drogba would have taken the pen instead of Ashley Cole if you base it on the fact that Terry took a penalty for England in Euro 2004 ahead of Cole. Like you say Terry was always going to take the fifth penalty.

Terry is the captain and reckons he carries the responsibility for Chelsea's results, if he had the option to take all penalties he would have taken it. He chose the most important one to take (or the second most important, as some people reckon that 4th is key).

SiYuan · 29th September 2008, 09:55

He's lucky that Vida was having a good mood then.

If United had lost then..

VidaRed · 29th September 2008, 10:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by MUFCgal

Fully deserved the sending off. Chelsea started a riot for nothing all because Tevez kicked the ball out at their corner flag. Drogba got involved for no reason at all, then slapped Vida in the face, of course he had to be sent off. He can't take responsibility for his own actions. If he hadn't been sent off, he would no doubt have taken the penalty that most likely would have won them the European Cup as I couldn't see him missing the way Terry did. Just be a man Didier and admit you bollocked it up and you ultimately cost your team the Cup

terry would have still taken it and would have still fucked up and drogba would have taken it instead of ashley cole and we would still be champions.

kietotheworld · 29th September 2008, 10:06

If Drogba had taken it instead of Cole they still could easily have won, Cole would have been the 6th, and Kalou (who scored his) would have taken the 7th instead of Anelka.

Chorley1974 · 29th September 2008, 10:08

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Originally Posted by Partizan

Clearly, thats why you're still banging on about it nearly five Months later. twat!

couldn't have put it better myself.

MUFCgal · 29th September 2008, 10:10

Well it doesn't really matter whether he would have taken the penalty over Terry, the fact remains is that he let his team down when they needed him most. Instead of taking responsibility for his own actions, he's putting the blame on our players. Classy

FlawlessThaw · 29th September 2008, 10:25

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Originally Posted by kietotheworld

If Drogba had taken it instead of Cole they still could easily have won, Cole would have been the 6th, and Kalou (who scored his) would have taken the 7th instead of Anelka.

If we're getting into semantics than no they wouldn't have easily won as we had both Anderson and Giggs who scored. So we would be relying on probably Rio Ferdinand to put us again into a winning position for Anelka to miss in the 8th penalty.

kietotheworld · 29th September 2008, 10:41

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Originally Posted by FlawlessThaw

If we're getting into semantics than no they wouldn't have easily won as we had both Anderson and Giggs who scored. So we would be relying on probably Rio Ferdinand to put us again into a winning position for Anelka to miss in the 8th penalty.

I said "Could" not "Would." Of course, this thread is completely ignoring the fact that had Drogba not been sent off, the shootout would have gone completely differently. I just like the thought that Drogba cost Chelsea the CL.

VidaRed · 29th September 2008, 10:53

i like the thought of terry costing chelsea the CL better.

FlawlessThaw · 29th September 2008, 10:53

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Originally Posted by VidaRed

i like the thought of terry costing chelsea the CL better.

Same. Drogba is just a mercenary cnut. Terry to quote Martin Tyler is "Mr Chelsea" and he could have won it for them.

kouroux · 29th September 2008, 11:50

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Originally Posted by kietotheworld

If Drogba had taken it instead of Cole they still could easily have won, Cole would have been the 6th, and Kalou (who scored his) would have taken the 7th instead of Anelka.

That's a huge "if" though, nothing guarantees some penalty as good as they are that they'll score. It's the same sort of argument concerning Zidane in the final of the WC 06 which we lost. A lot of people here still believe if he hadn't been sent off, he would have scored and won the WC, I think it's rubbish to think like that.Moreover when you see a player missing 3 easy chances, commentators go "he could have had a hat trick"

, it's something which really gets to me. Maybe I need to relax a bit

Melbourne Red · 29th September 2008, 12:17

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olesmyhero · 29th September 2008, 13:48

What Drogba fails to grasp is that even if United players provoked him, they didn't slap him. Drogba did slap Vidic, which is a red card offense. Fuck, he's an annoying twat.

jasonrh · 29th September 2008, 15:20

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Originally Posted by prateik

what decision ?
it was a chelsea throw in

That's what I was thinking.

What an utter and complete and total pillock.

29th September 2008, 06:53	#1 (permalink)
032Devil First Team Regular Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 13,622	Chelsea's Drogba still angry over Moscow red Chelsea striker Didier Drogba maintains he was wrongly sent-off against Manchester United in last season's Champions League final. "I have not changed my idea about the red card," Drogba told the People. "The United players were provoking me and I was the one who got sent off. "I reacted the way I did because the decision was a massive injustice. I was psyched up to take my penalty when my turn came and in an instant I was off the pitch. I want to forget it. "At least we have started well, but there is a long way to go and the tough games are still to come."

29th September 2008, 06:56	#2 (permalink)
The Hairdryer Crikey that stung Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Never argue with a fool. They'll just drag you down to their level then beat you with experience Posts: 11,949	Provoked my arse. He ran 60 metres to get involved and then slapped someone. What does he expect?

29th September 2008, 07:15	#3 (permalink)
Storm Reserve Team Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: I've seen your sister naked! Posts: 1,301	I think I might hate this guy more than any other player. He's cocky, arrogant and delusional. He's a fantastic player but ruins his own reputation with his diving, cheating ways, much like Ronaldo. To try and put the blame on United players for his sending off is his way of taking the blame away from himself. A bigger man would have apologized to the fans for doing something silly which possibly cost them the Champions league trophy. In a way, it shows that he's still bitter because we won the double and they didn't.

29th September 2008, 07:27	#5 (permalink)
vijay Im rude and disprespectful to the ladies of the forum,though Im happy to cruise Jason and Suresh Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Entertainment Fourm: Winding up the Gaming Gimps Posts: 13,512	The problem with Chelsea is Drogba. He’s from the Ivory Coast where Voodoo is the mainstay. Did anyone notice Mutu, Sheva, Crespo etc were all great players at their respective clubs but could not cut the mustard with Chelsea all humiliated and last season Anelka was taken for a ride in the last three months without getting anywhere to the goal. I smell some rat here. Any player who is in competition with Didier always ends up ruined and Scolari isnt helping himself by making him come off the bench. He would ruin Chelsea completely, you’ve heard it first here

29th September 2008, 07:59	#8 (permalink)
kiristao Reserve Team Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Goa, India Posts: 1,108	He is a little deluded it seems. How he thinks it is justified to slap (maybe it was a tap on the face but the question is about intent) an opponent is beyond me. He says United players provoked him. Your a fucking professional for gods sake and should be able to handle it.

29th September 2008, 08:10	#9 (permalink)
Sarni nice guy, unassuming, objective United fan. Thinks hes intelligent though. Nutter Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Krakow Posts: 11,831	It was after 114 minutes or something, and neither side looked like scoring in that period at all. He wouldn't have taken a penalty anyway as Terry would not have let him.

29th September 2008, 08:42	#11 (permalink)
MUFCgal Reserve Team Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Belfast,Northern Ireland Posts: 4,165	Fully deserved the sending off. Chelsea started a riot for nothing all because Tevez kicked the ball out at their corner flag. Drogba got involved for no reason at all, then slapped Vida in the face, of course he had to be sent off. He can't take responsibility for his own actions. If he hadn't been sent off, he would no doubt have taken the penalty that most likely would have won them the European Cup as I couldn't see him missing the way Terry did. Just be a man Didier and admit you bollocked it up and you ultimately cost your team the Cup

29th September 2008, 08:55	#14 (permalink)
x42bn6 Reserve Team Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: PMing people with maths homework answers - feel free to ask Posts: 3,754	I thought he'd be more pissed Chelsea lost the match rather than his red card. Selfish twat.

29th September 2008, 09:55	#17 (permalink)
SiYuan Cafe Grandmaster 2008 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Where Crouch is a Midget. Posts: 6,913	He's lucky that Vida was having a good mood then. If United had lost then..

29th September 2008, 10:06	#19 (permalink)
kietotheworld Reserve Team Player Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Airstrip One..... Useful Posts: 4 Posts: 4,083	If Drogba had taken it instead of Cole they still could easily have won, Cole would have been the 6th, and Kalou (who scored his) would have taken the 7th instead of Anelka.

29th September 2008, 10:10	#21 (permalink)
MUFCgal Reserve Team Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Belfast,Northern Ireland Posts: 4,165	Well it doesn't really matter whether he would have taken the penalty over Terry, the fact remains is that he let his team down when they needed him most. Instead of taking responsibility for his own actions, he's putting the blame on our players. Classy

29th September 2008, 10:53	#24 (permalink)
VidaRed First Team Sub Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 8,594	i like the thought of terry costing chelsea the CL better.

29th September 2008, 12:17	#27 (permalink)
Melbourne Red Trannie Lover Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 7,081	All of you are GAYS GAYS GAYS All of you are GAYS GAYS GAYS All of you are GAYS GAYS GAYS

29th September 2008, 13:48	#28 (permalink)
olesmyhero has a lazy eye...japs eye Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 4000+ miles west of old trafford Posts: 12,270	What Drogba fails to grasp is that even if United players provoked him, they didn't slap him. Drogba did slap Vidic, which is a red card offense. Fuck, he's an annoying twat.