John Terry's fateful penalty kick slip might have cost Chelsea the Champions League Final yesterday, but at least one Chelsea coach would like you to know that it wasn't his fault. In fact, he knows exactly whose fault it is."John was not in the first five to take a kick but things changed during the game," said the Chelsea assistant manager Henk Ten Cate. "The sending-off of [Didier] Drogba made us change it [the order]. It's unbelievable that it should happen to him, though."
Drogba was sent off for a girly little slap at the face of Man United defender Nemanja Vidic in the 116th minute. He likely would have taken the penalty that Terry ended up taking. So just like Bill Buckner wasn't supposed to be in the game when that ground ball went through his legs in the 1986 World Series, Terry wasn't supposed to be the one to take that decisive penalty.
The Ivorian striker has been a huge brat since Jose Mourinho was sacked early in the season, and Ten Cate, who had feuded with members of Mourinho's staff in the past, wasted no time throwing one of the Special One's favorites under the bus. Once again, the ghost of Mourinho still haunts Stamford Bridge. I suspect Chelsea fans can't wait for Drogba to be a ghost there as well.
