Chelsea hammered by UEFA

[Van Halen]

Apologies if this has already been posted.
£85,000 fine (peanuts)
Bosingwa banned for 4 matches - Champs League
Drogba banned for 6 matches - Champs League

[Craig_H]

Good stuff. Bans cant include semis or final because they'll be wiped out by the group games.

Oh - and Drogba's ban is 4 games, with a further suspended 2 game ban.
Bosingwa's ban is 3 games, with a further game suspended ban.

[Vermilion]

What a result that is for them.

[wiw]

Nothing for Ballack then? Ah they couldn't I don't think due to his yellow

[-V-]

Why Bosingwa? For kicking Yossi?

[Van Halen]

What a result that is for them.

Here is the link: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/N...364inr.txt/afp

[Shaggy]

Why Bosingwa? For kicking Yossi?

For saying the ref was a thief.

[Shaggy]

Here is the link: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/N...364inr.txt/afp

Or, more conventionally....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8043277.stm

[Vermilion]

Here is the link: http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/N...364inr.txt/afp

Ta.

Think they did ok, was expecting more tbh. Forget the fine that's peanuts, so 4 games out of the early stages of the comp, where he may not have played every game anyway is a good result imo.

[Leyton388]

HAHA Good hope they go out in the first round!

[El Diego]

I would have banned Drogba for at least 11 games. Fine the club one million and then i would say they got off lightly. also they should be forced to play at least five champions league games behind closed doors.

[Van Halen]

I would have banned Drogba for at least 11 games. Fine the club one million and then i would say they got off lightly. also they should be forced to play at least five champions league games behind closed doors.

Too right, they got off lightly, particularly if Bosingwa goes to Bayern and Drog leaves for more cash.

[El Diego]

If Di Canio gets 11 games for pushing a ref, which was heat of the moment 2 second incident. Drogba get 4 games for chasing after the ref after the game, and had to be held back so who knows what would have happened. Things aren't right.

[EwarWoo]

Fact is 3 of their players were out of control and out of order. When it's that many it as to come back to the club for not controlling them.

They should have been kicked out of the comp for a season.

[Neil Young]

I think this debate is getting silly.

They just lost, they were on the receiving end of some pretty bad decisions and some of their players lost their heads. Obviously it would have been better if they could have taken it better and they deserve punishment but no punches were thrown, it's just that a few players lost their temper.