Mourinho gets his Barcelona wish

By European Football
March 6 2005

Jose Mourinho had stated earlier that he wanted Pierluigi Collina to referee the second leg of the Champions league tie against Barcelona and it looks like EUFA have listened. Collina, regarded by many as the worlds best, is drafted in following the controversial refereeing of the first leg.

Jose was unhappy at several things in the last tie, not least the sending off and while there are a whole host of charges stacking up against the Chelsea manager, no-one can deny he might have had a point last time out.

I am not a Chelsea fan, have no allegiance to them, don’t even particularly like them, but I am willing to concede that they played against 12 men in the Nou Camp.
There might even be more jood news for Chelsea fans, with the expected return of Arjen Robben, at least as far as the substitue bench. Robben has not played since the beginning of Feburary and there is little doubt Chelsea have missed him.