So, after a completely embarrassing display of dummies being thrown, handbags being swung and the sort of amateur dramatics Didier Drogba probably couldn’t even aspire to, Jose Mourinho again declared there’s a ‘conspiracy’ against one of his sides (whilst muttering things about UNICEF).
Obviously, we can see where he’s coming from to a point. When he was at Chelsea, we weren’t allowed to play Barcelona with more than ten men and with another dodgy red in last night’s game (because Champions League officials are nothing if not consistent), it seems nothing has changed for a Mourinho side.
The Portugeezer can’t help but invite trouble though and whilst I wouldn’t defend Barca if they were saints, Real Madrid were far from angels and while the handbags were in full swing on the pitch, Jose was clearly enjoying every minute if the smug smile on his face was anything to go by. Still, that’s something else we were used to as well, with every big game turning into a full-on pantomime – the only thing our dame was missing was the dress.
Carlo Ancelotti, on the other hand, whilst not scared to call a bad decision – as he did after our quarter-final against United – manages to do it without the same sort of histrionics. Hardly surprising then, that the Chelsea manager doesn’t go in for all the conspiracy theories, insisting “I don’t think that there is a conspiracy. Football is football. There is no conspiracy. The referee can make mistakes and I want to think that everything is okay, everything is clear, because this is my work. Obviously, there are mistakes in football, referees, players, coaches, but there is no conspiracy. I know Stark very well, Stark is not a referee who can be intimidated. He has a strong personality. He’s a very good referee. Maybe he did a mistake yesterday.”
Would we really want to swap that sort of attitude and welcome the circus back to town?
Blue is the colour
