Barcelona 0 - 0 Chelsea F.C.
Champions League 2008-2009 1/2 finals · 2009-04-28 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

how to ruin a match

a foul is a foul

And a bookable foul is a bookable foul, but apparently some bookable fouls are a little less so. Stark just doesn't follow the rules, and the players had no idea what was allowed and what wasn't and almost everone looked irritated except players like Ballack who thrive in matches like these.

wrong

That was a penalty for pulling Henry, Herr Stark. But I guess you just missed it and so did your assistants who missed a lot.
And that was a very bad foul when Alex knocked Henry down with his shoulder. No way that was an accident.

match

It became clear after 15 minutes that Barcelona wasn't going to get through the wall of Chelsea defenders. Chelsea didn't really play, they just stopped Barcelona and they did it well. But it was Wolfang Stark who ruined the match.

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