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·13 April 2021

These Chelsea fans rage at Porto “diving more than Michael Phelps”

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Chelsea are battling their way past Porto in the Champions League quarter finals, but it’s not pretty.

The Blues have the lead from the first leg, but just as in that game, the Portuguese side are determined to win the game through the referee.


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They’re diving every time they’re touched, leading to an incredibly scrappy match, which is pretty hard to watch. The referee is being far too easily swayed too, taken in by the sheer quantity of amateur dramatics on display it seems.

“They’re diving more than Michael Phelps” moaned one user on Twitter, and they’ve got a point. We hope this second half sees a little bit more football, and a lot fewer stoppages. They’re the ones who need goals – with 45 minutes to go until they’re eliminated, they might want to start trying to score them.

You can see a selection of the reaction in the Tweets embedded here:

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