Ovrebo acknowledges his mistake in the 'Stamford Bridge scandal'

The season 2008-09 is one of the most remembered by the fans of the FC Barcelona. In this course, the Barcelona team attained to conquer for the first time in his history the three trophies that contested: LaLiga, the Glass of Rey and the Champions. However, this last was not free of controversy, especially after the occurred in the turn of the semifinals in front of Chelsea, that finished with a global marker of 1-1, with the picture culé advancing by the rule of the goal visitor.

Now withdrawn and always remembered by his performance in the feudo of the team londinense on 6 May 2009, Tom Henning Ovrebo has admitted in an interview for 'Sportsmail' that perhaps his failures would not have had so many repercussions in case that Andrés Iniesta did not annotate in the final minutes of the party to carry to the Barça to the final: "I Am safe that the end of the party had been easier for us like referees if this goal had not marked ".

In his opinion, the followers of the English team would not have given importance to the occurred if at the end the 'blues' arrived to his second final of consecutive form and in front of the same rival, the Manchester United: "Chelsea would have arrived to the final and his followers had gone to the pub and had said: we would have to have had perhaps two or three penaltis in favour... But this does not matter tonight because we arrive to the final".

Nevertheless, it admits that some of the criticisms have been exaggerated, but attending to the regulation, has indicated that the venues had right to a maximum penalty to his favour in the commitment: "I do not think that the fans of Chelsea have reasons to demand four or five penaltis, but think that all the world knows that the football and the laws of the game know that it would have to have conceded a penalti".

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For Ovrebo, the use of the videoarbitraje, implemented in 2018, could have put end to the controversy, signalling that there are a lot of incidences that do not reach to be seen by the referee: "This happened, especially before the VAR. Sometimes you lose you a penalti, sometimes lose you a red card or a crucial decision. And I think that all the world that knows of football knows that it would have to have pitado a penalti".

Even so, it has not indicated which of the played specifically has been the one who could have been valid to signal the white point and with this possibly the goal of the victory londinense: "they Can especular on which of the actions could have been penalti. I will not give the concrete answer on this because I do not have the correct answer. Only I have my perception on this".

Finally, it has warned that the concentration also is vital for the referees, especially in played garbled that they can loan to distinct interpretations: "In a party like this when have a lot of actions that could be penalti, sometimes concern you by not being deceived by a team. This can that it influenced me in my perception of negative way. It can you put in the head, but is important for a referee and for his team have attention. This is not easy all the time, centre us in the following situation and can not think a lot in what it already has happened before".