Controversial Decisions in the UEFA Champions League Matches

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Did you watch the UEFA Champions League matches between Bayern Muenchen vs Fiorentina and FC Porto vs Arsenal? If you did, you would see some controversial decisions made by the referees in those two matches. Let's find out what really happened in those matches and analyze the controversial decisions.


First was the match between Bayern Muenchen vs Fiorentina and the referee in charge was Tom Henning Ovrebo. Actually, the match started and went quite well. The two teams played an open football and attacked each other. Then, The first incident happened in 73rd minutes when Massimo Gobbi from Fiorentina was sent off for using his elbow to stop Arjen Robben. From the video replay, It was clear that it was just the slightest touch and purely accidental. The second incident happened in the last minute when Miroslav Klose scored the winning goal with a header. Again from the video replay, Klose was clearly in an off-side position before he headed the ball into the net.

Next was the match between FC Porto vs Arsenal and the referee in that match was Martin Hansson from Sweden. There was nothing wrong with the match until the referee awarded a free kick for Porto after Sol Campbell passed the ball back to his goalkeeper. Then, the free kick was taken quickly before Arsenal players prepared the man wall. It was the easiest goal ever. With no Arsenal players around, Falcao easily put the ball into the net. Despite the protest from Arsenal players, the referee allowed the goal for FC Porto.

In conclusion, we saw some controversial decisions made by two referees, Tom Henning Ovrebo and Martin Hansson. It was really ironic that in this level of competition, the referees still made wrong and controversial decisions. I think UEFA should do something about it so that the quality and prestige of the UEFA Champions League will get better in the future.

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