The UEFA conspiracy against Chelsea We all remember the drama of the Chelsea vs Barcelona semi final 2nd leg The referee did not have his best day Nonetheless I think it is not appropriate to include this rather subjective recollection into the short paragraph about the semi finals Chelsea were knocked out by Barcelona after a highly controversial performance by referee Tom Henning vreb Firstly it sounds as if wikipedia was stating that vreb s performance was the actual and only reason for Chelsea not winning And secondly we could write a similar sentence next to practically each and every game of football This sentence does not belong here as it hints to an intentional discrimination of Chelsea by the referee and the UEFA We should not forget that vreb s worst call during that evening was to send off Barcelona defender Abidal after a blatant Anelka dive with 25 minutes left to play