UEFA’s Secret Love Affair with Barcelona – Not too Secert After All
2008: Platini calls Manchester United and Chelsea cheaters.
2009: Platini questions Real Madrid’s morality over big spending, Platini added that sums such as Cristiano Ronaldo’s €96m transfer fee “annoy me”.
2009: Platini vows to fight cheating English clubs.
Yet Platini, a self confessed Barcelona lover, never criticized the €76 million transfer of Zlatan Ibrahimović, never took action against the 2009 Chelsea-Barcelona Champions League semi final’s refereeing scandal. He will not take action against the scandalous Real Madrid’s Pepe’s red card. His actions will only go in Barcelona’s favor.
Platini said after Chelsea’s shameful elimination from 2009 semi finals “I don’t know whether the referee made a mistake or not. If it was a mistake, I will say ‘it’s not a mistake’ because I have to defend the referees.” Days before the 2009 final in Rome he was quoted saying “Barcelona represents my philosophy, not just in their style of play, but how they form their footballers.”
To be fair, Madrid did not play as good as the Copa Del Rey final but they were solid and compact until they were reduced by one man, and not any man, the man who was giving Barcelona their worst nightmares.
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