The incompetence of Norwegian ref Tom Henning Ovrebo is far reaching...gallant Chelsea suffered defeat after he refused three blatant pen calls, and now Man Utd are suffering, too. UEFA have today turned down United's appeal for Darren Fletcher to be allowed to play in the final after he was wrongly sent off against Arsenal.
My feeling is that the decision has been made because, if he had been let off, UEFA would also have felt duty bound to let Barca's Eric Abidal off the hook.
He was also wrongly sent off - by Ovrebo - and that incompetent decision has now had implications for Fletcher as UEFA did not want to open the floodgates.
I still fancy Utd to win the CL final in Rome - 3-2, or with pens if it ends up 2-2.
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