I was a kid when Chelsea first played Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Having had my young life devastated once already by John Terry’s penalty miss against Manchester United in the final a year earlier, I really couldn’t endure another heartbreak this time around. And yet...
We all know the story of the game. Andres Iniesta’s fantastic late equaliser knocked Chelsea out in the midst of three very strong calls for penalties which were all rejected by referee Tom Henning Ovrebo in the dying minutes.
One of these, Gerard Pique’s handball, was as blatant an appeal for a penalty as you’re ever likely to see.