Barca are the sorest losers of the UEFA champions league!
Taken from ESPN Soccernet
Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard was involved in an angry touchline
confrontation with Chelsea scout Andre Villas after the final
whistle was blown on a pulsating 4-2 win for the home side, enough
for a 5-4 aggregate triumph.
As Jose Mourinho ran on to celebrate the victory, which he admitted
enjoying even more than last season's triumph with Porto,
Barcelona's players were still bemoaning their fate in angry
scuffles.
Indeed, Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o told Spanish television that
a Chelsea steward had called him a 'monkey'.
'He called me a monkey,' he told reporters after the game. 'I
understood it. He called me a monkey and I am very angry.'
William Gaillard, UEFA's Director of Communications said: 'If a
formal complaint is made of course we will investigate it, but
there will have to be some evidence of what happened.
'We will not let it rest if a complaint is made. If one individual
has said something we would hope Chelsea will take action, but
there must be some neutral witnesses also.'
Eto'o added: 'The mood surrounding the Chelsea bench was ugly,
their coach's (Jose Mouirinho's) expression was ugly.
'If Chelsea win the European Cup it would be laughable. They are
not a good team, they scored three quick goals because we let them,
but the referee was very lenient to them.
'They say he (Pierluigi Collina) is the best referee in the world,
I think he is one of the worst.'
A bottle was later thrown in the direction of Chelsea owner Roman
Abramovich as he walked in front of the visiting fans to celebrate
in the Blues' dressing room.
UEFA have already been asked to investigate claims that Rijkaard
met referee Anders Frisk in his dressing room at half-time of the
first leg at the Nou Camp, and they could now launch another
probe.
Tensions certainly remained high tonight, with Rijkaard admitting
his 'bitterness' in defeat after John Terry's late headed winner
had completed Chelsea's remarkable 5-4 victory on aggregate.
Rijkaard declared: 'Someone insulted our bench but I don't really
want to say too much about it as it wasn't serious and I know what
it's like after the game - people show their emotions.
'I'm not complaining but I always feel bitter in defeat. I feel
bitter because we didn't succeed and because we had a great
opportunity to make a statement.
'But maybe I feel a bit more bitter because of all the lies that
were told before this game from the first leg and the things that
were created.
'With everything that surrounded this game, it makes you want to
win that little bit more. And that makes defeat that little bit
worse.'
Barcelona were particularly upset at referee Pierluigi Collina
failing to spot an alleged foul by Ricardo Carvalho on goalkeeper
Victor Valdes just before Terry headed the 76th-minute
winner.
'That's something which my players felt, although we didn't see it
from the bench,' insisted Rijkaard.
