UEFA Champion League Semi Final - UEFA Request Ovrebo To Shut Up

Oslo - Tom Henning Ovrebo did not want to comment about the decision when lead the fight Chelsea vs Barcelona. This is due to Norway referee is requested by UEFA to close the mouth.

Barca come to final champion league is reacted by anger from some Chelsea players to Ovrebo. This was happened after the long whistle was pronounced in a fight that ended 1-1.

John Terry, Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba had confront with Ovrebo. This is following by his decision to reject some opportunities penalty obtained by Chelsea.

Chelsea players who appear most pressing and emotional to Ovrebo is Drogba. However, Ovrebo still would not comment on decisions taken in the match.




Ovrebo also admitted that he was not allowed to comment by UEFA. "Because the situation after the match, UEFA ask us not commented on the media," he said as announced as Sky.

When asked if he knows when he can discuss about the match? "No. I do not know," answered Ovrebo.

Not only in the stadium, Ovrebo also had death threats. This make the baldheaded head referee get stricter under guard to return to his country.

Meanwhile, Uefa confirmed that they await a report from Ovrebo. This will be the consideration of UEFA before deciding to take disciplinary action to the Chelsea players.

"We will see reports from the referee of the match and also the delegation before deciding wheather we need to take action or not," said the Uefa spokesman.

However, Uefa refused to give his comments about the leadership of Ovrebo referee who was criticized by manager Guus Hiddink. "We never comment on the performance of referee," specifically.
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ALL ABOUT THE DERBY MILAN

The tradition: in the derby games played in February, how the Rossoneri foreigners scored, how the historic Milan captains greeted the derby, the importance of the abscenses and the great numbers of Maldini and Shevchenko.

MILAN - Here are some curiosities ahead of the upcoming derby games.

Inter-Milan will be played on Sunday evening, February 15 2009. Here in the last 50 years, all of the derby games played in this month:

Inter-Milan 0-1, February 27 2005, scorer: Kakà
Milan-Inter 3-2, February 21 2004, scorers: Stankovic, Zanetti, Tomasson, Kakà, Seedorf
Milan-Inter 1-1, February 18 1968. scorers: Cappellini, Hamrin
Inter-Milan 1-1, February 24 1963, scorers: Mazzola, Sani
Milan-Inter 0-2, February 4 1962, scorers: Morbello, Suarez
Milan-Inter 2-2, February 23 1958, scorers: Lorenzi, C.Galli. Mariani, Masiero

With all probability, the next derby will be the last one played by Paolo Maldini, Rossoneri's captain who will be part of history. These are latest derbies played by the other historic Milan captains after world war 2:

Nils Liedholm: Inter-Milan 1-2, March 26 1961
Cesare Maldini: Milan-Inter 1-2, April 3 1966
Gianni Rivera: Milan-Inter 0-0, March 12 1978
Franco Baresi: Inter-Milan 3-1, March 13 1997

With all probability, the next derby game will be played by Milan without Kaka. These are the latest derby games with a great great or significant absence of Milan:

March 3 2002 - absent Inzaghi - Milan-Inter 0-1
February 27 2005 - absent Shevchenko - Inter-Milan 0-1
February 21 2004 - absent Maldini - Milan-Inter 3-2

Milan has in its squad this year the number one in terms of derbies, Paolo Maldini with 55 appearances and the number one top-scorer in activity: Andriy Shevchenko, 14 goals in the clashes against Inter.
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Indonesia upbeat to host `green' World Cup

The Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) is moving to kick off its campaign to host the 2022 World Cup, its chairman Nurdin Halid said.

PSSI is campaigning for the heart of world's soccer ruling body FIFA by sounding out its World Cup host country proposal to FIFA members and hosting the FIFA president next month.

In a presentation Monday, Nurdin said he believed Indonesia stood a chance to win FIFA's approval to host the 2022 World Cup, despite the relatively poorer infrastructure, coupled with the low quality of the national squad compared to other candidates.

He said Indonesia had proposed a "Green World Cup 2022", hoping to capitalize on the current green and global warming movement worldwide.

"Our deforestation rate has contributed much to world pollution. By hosting the World Cup, we wish to build infrastructure and facilities that are environmentally friendly so we can give more to the planet," he said.



The PSSI, he said, would send its proposal this week to FIFA members to give them an idea of what Indonesia was offering.

Nurdin added that FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter would pay a visit to Indonesia "sometime in March", but declined to disclose the agenda.

He also said the construction of 10 new stadiums across the country, ranging in capacity from 40,000 to 50,000 spectators, were expected to be completed by 2015.

These stadiums are in Surabaya, Makassar, Medan, Tangerang, Yogyakarta and Gianyar.

Indonesia currently has three stadiums - Gelora Bung Karno in Jakarta, Gelora Sriwijaya in Palembang and Palaran in Samarinda.

Other countries also bidding for the 2022 World Cup are Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands (as co-hosts), England, Japan, Russia, Mexico, the United States, South Korea, Qatar and Spain and Portugal (as co-hosts).

State Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Adhyaksa Dault said the government was upbeat about the proposal and would "provide assistance in all aspects".

"What needs to be remembered is that all efforts must be integrated and coordinated," he said.

Adhyaksa also pointed out that Mexico and Brazil, which he said were not well-off countries, had twice played host to world soccer's showpiece event.

"Hoping that we'll be better in 2022, I think we could be a good host," he said.

FIFA is scheduled to announce the 2022 host on Dec. 10, 2010.

Indonesia has hosted a number of international conferences and sporting events, including the 2007 UN Climate Change Conference and last year's inaugural Asian Beach Games.

However, critics have snubbed the proposal, saying Indonesia needs to improve the quality of its national squad first (currently ranked 144th in the world) before seeking to hog the world stage.

Despite the sport's wide popularity here, soccer is barely an industry yet, while thousands of clubs are still rated amateur.

In addition, fanaticism among local soccer fans has led to several chaotic incidents that have resulted in fatalities and financial losses.

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