2009 Barca v Chelsea second leg semi-final: Didier Drogba still remembers it

During his time on the Canal + set, Didier Drogba took the opportunity to look back on the semi-final return between Barca and Chelsea in 2009.

Didier Drogba always has it bad. And this, 14 years after the semi-final return of the Champions League between Barça and Chelsea. A match won by the Blaugranas thanks to a goal from Andrés Iniesta in added time, after a draw in the first leg (0-0). But above all, marked by gross errors of arbitration. The former Blues striker, present on Canal + as part of a program devoted to the biggest arbitration scandals in history hosted by Tony Chapron, the former international referee, wanted to come back to this very controversial meeting of the May 6, 2009.

“In the annals of football, it’s one of the worst matches in terms of refereeing,” said the former Ivorian striker. Apart from this match, which one comes back immediately? The comeback? Were there any glaring mistakes too, in the comeback? And the comeback, which club benefited? Barcelona? Oh good (laughs)? Let’s say that they were a little customary of the fact “he quipped before giving the floor to the former Norman whistle. “Barcelona, ​​it’s true that it often falls on the right side of the coin”he judged, in the same tone as the former member of OM.