Nigerian mid-fielder, John Mikel Obi is determined to help Chelsea defeat Bayern Munich in the final of this year's UEFA Champions League for his suspended team-mates.
Chelsea stunned holders Barcelona in Spain on Tuesday night as they battled back from 2-0 down to force a draw and a 3-2 win on aggregate, despite having captain John Terry sent off before half time.
The Blues will also be without key players, Ramires, Raul Meireles and Branislav Ivanovic for the final in Munich on May 19 after they collected their third booking of the competition. and captain ,John Terry who got red-carded in the semi-final match against Barcelona.
Mikel believes the quartet
have been robbed of their Champions League dream and called on UEFA to rescind
the yellow cards.
Asked if he
felt his team-mates have been robbed of their dream, Mikel told the Evening
Standard: 'Yes, the yellow cards should be cancelled going into a final and Uefa
should look into that.'
Banned: John Terry (above) is one of four Chelsea players
to miss the final along with Raul Meireles (below)
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| Meireles Booked, he will miss the final against Bayern Munich |
Mikel hopes UEFA follow FIFA's
precedent after the governing body introduced an amnesty two years ago to allow
players booked in a World Cup semi-final to play in the final.
But while UEFA admitted on
Wednesday that they could consider such a rule in the future, it will not happen
before next month's final.
Mikel added: 'When you get to
the final everyone wants to see the best players and it’s a shame that JT,
Ivanovic, Meireles and Ramires won’t play. The JT one was soft from what I saw
and it was a yellow card. I think Sanchez made the most of it.
'Alexis did the same to me as
well. He got me yellow carded. There was a little touch and he rolled on the
ground 10 times. He definitely made the most of it. The four players were
devastated in the dressing room. They’re happy for the team but are very
disappointed to not be in the final. We will go out to win the trophy for
them.'
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