Friday 15 March 2013

Screenshot2013-03-14at4

He's had a battering from Chelsea fans all season for his lack of goals, and despite scoring the decisive goal in his side's 3-2 aggregate win over Steaua Bucharest, Fernando Torres got a kicking of a different sort.

The Spanish striker was caught in the face by Steaua number four Lukasz Szukala after appealing for a penalty in the second half, but referee Stephane Lannoy took no action on the Polish defender
 


As Torres lay on the ground after seemingly being tripped in the area, Szukala looked to move his foot towards the Spaniards face.
The striker was left perplexed as to why the referee had not seen the incident, before he received treatment from Chelsea's medical staff.
It came just after Torres' guided shot had given Chelsea a 3-1 lead in the match, which had looked lost when the Romanian side equalised on the stroke of half time, leaving the Blues needing two goals to progress.
In another episode of Torres' topsy turvy Chelsea career, the 28-year-old demanded the ball when Eden Hazard won a penalty just five minutes from time.
Torres stepped up for his second of the game, to surely alleviate some of the moans and groans constantly heard around Stamford Bridge whenever he goes near the ball, but he the top of the struck the crossbar from 12 yards.
Chelsea did go on to hold on and win the tie 3-2 on aggregate at a strangely empty Stamford Bridge, with only just under 29,000 in attendance to see Torres' strike.
---------------------------------------------------------------dailymail--------
Categories: