UEFA Champions League 2008-2009

Originally Posted by GeoTav

No, not only from this game and at start, I didn't hate this player ... nor like him, I was just neutral. But look at him since he is in Chelsea: he always contests the decisions of the referees (not only against Barcelona), he often makes vicious fouls like Van Bommel, maybe it is a syndrom that 30+ midfielders have when they see their influence on the game dropping ? Juninho does exactly the same things in Lyon.

If I'm not wrong, both Ballack and Juninho were fair players some years ago ... they were both very influential in the game of their respective teams ... look at them nowadays ...

Aha, I get it now. I thought it's only because of the last accident when he protested the referee.

The protest looks terrible but it's pretty funny to watch how he could do such a protest with a legal action (only shouting/verbal protest to the referee). It seemed that he wanted to punch the referee.