He clearly didn't do a good job making himself the centre of attention as I didn't even notice he was lifting the trophy with Lampard. I noticed he was there getting the medal, but didn't know he took part in the initial trophy hoist.
After a little inspection, he's in the background. Far from being the centre of attention. I get that you don;t like him and what he stands for, but this just sounds like a lot of blind hate.
this video shows a bit of it, but he whispers something to Lampard before they go up the stairs, which even at the time most writers half joked that he was saying I'll let you life this here if you return the favor at the CL
I've got no problem with him lifting the trophy with Lampard. He's the captain of the team. Yes he's a piece of crap person and I don't like what he represents, but in this isolated incident, he did nothing wrong. He was definitely not making the trophy celebration about him or anything like that.
I've got no problem with him lifting the trophy with Lampard. He's the captain of the team. Yes he's a piece of crap person and I don't like what he represents, but in this isolated incident, he did nothing wrong. He was definitely not making the trophy celebration about him or anything like that.
it has nothing to do with his off-field antics
this is the equivalent of say Zdeno Chara slashing someone in the head no where near the puck with 5 minutes left in game 6 of the SCF with the Bruins leading and up 3-2 in the series
then the team they are playing comes back and wins that game, but with Chara suspended the Bruins win game 7 despite being horribly outplayed
and then Chara coming out and lifting the trophy and acting like everything is ok
comparing it to the picture of the Flames players lifting the cup is one thing, this is a complete other
this is the equivalent of say Zdeno Chara slashing someone in the head no where near the puck with 5 minutes left in game 6 of the SCF with the Bruins leading and up 3-2 in the series
Wow this is getting blown out of proportion.
I would compare Terry more to Chara slashing the back of Burrows leg in front of the net. Burrows falls down, puts his arm in the air waving at the ref, once he makes sure the ref is looking he clutches his leg and roles around. Once a penalty has been given he goes to the bench, is on the ice the next shift no worse the wear. He plays the rest of the game without so much of a thought to his leg. Chara instead of getting a 2 or 5 min penalty, gets a game misconduct and a 1 game suspension.
Was it a penalty? Yes without a doubt. Was it stupid. Incredibly. It almost cost his team a shot at the finals. But the diving and embellishing certainly helped sell it and make it look a lot worse than it actually was. When was the last time someone got carded for diving in a semi-final or final game? I can't even remember.
Check the replay. You can tell someone is really hurt when they make sure the ref is watching before they start rolling on the ground. I still find football painful to watch with the amount of obsurd diving that goes on. In the final for once Drogba wasn't even in the top 10 players diving. I actually can't recall him going to the ground more than 2-3 times in 120+ mins of football. Quite incredible.
And as far as Lanny, Tim Hunter and Pep holding the cup. I didn't post the picture to compare the character or personal lives of the players involved. I'm not defending John Terry. It was one example I could think of of captains who didn't play who came out to hoist a championship trophy. Not to consider or debate the reason they weren't playing. That is all.
I was ecstatic that Chelsea could pull off their last 2 wins with Terry sitting on the bench. I hope I can say the same for England in June.
And as for John Terry spottings...
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I was gone for the long weekend. Just managed to watch the game last night, and all I have to say that the worst team won. Granted, Bayern let them win so theres not much you can say. Chelsea came in with that game plan and it worked.
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I would compare Terry more to Chara slashing the back of Burrows leg in front of the net. Burrows falls down, puts his arm in the air waving at the ref, once he makes sure the ref is looking he clutches his leg and roles around. Once a penalty has been given he goes to the bench, is on the ice the next shift no worse the wear. He plays the rest of the game without so much of a thought to his leg. Chara instead of getting a 2 or 5 min penalty, gets a game misconduct and a 1 game suspension.
Was it a penalty? Yes without a doubt. Was it stupid. Incredibly. It almost cost his team a shot at the finals. But the diving and embellishing certainly helped sell it and make it look a lot worse than it actually was. When was the last time someone got carded for diving in a semi-final or final game? I can't even remember.
Check the replay. You can tell someone is really hurt when they make sure the ref is watching before they start rolling on the ground. I still find football painful to watch with the amount of obsurd diving that goes on. In the final for once Drogba wasn't even in the top 10 players diving. I actually can't recall him going to the ground more than 2-3 times in 120+ mins of football. Quite incredible.
Can't compare it to a slash in front of the net, which happens all the time
a player kneeing someone in the back is an extremely rare case works better, which is why the slash to the head was used because it's also an extremely rare case
It doesn't matter that Sanchez went down like he was hit with the power of 1000 suns, it's the stupidity to do it that's the problem, not the pain inflicted.
The red was going to be given regardless of how Sanchez reacted as the ref and one of his assistants both saw it.
After winning two trophies and making Chelsea play like they’ve actually met each other before, Di Matteo felt confident of being offered the role but it’s understood Roman Abramovich is looking for something a bit more Nobel-Prize-winning-y from the ovoid-faced Italian.
Di Matteo said: “I was given the alternative task of making everybody in the world not want to punch John Terry in the face with a fist made out of threshing machines, but boxing off cancer seemed a more realistic target.
