Drogba want to make amends for Barca ref rant

Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba has offered to make a second apology to referee Tom Henning Ovrebo for his wild-eyed rant after Chelsea’s Champions League semi-final exit to Barcelona.

Drogba has already said sorry to Ovrebo once since the spectacular meltdown at Stamford Bridge but he has been charged by UEFA, the European game’s governing body, and is keen to make it clear how much he regrets the incident.

Ovrebo was criticised by Drogba and his Chelsea team-mates for rejecting four penalty appeals in the second leg clash.

Drogba was given a yellow card by the Norwegian official as he confronted him after the game and UEFA have since accused him of making offensive and insulting remarks towards the official.

Drogba, who is preparing for Saturday’s FA Cup final against Everton, insists he will apologise again if that’s what it takes to restore his battered reputation.

“The game has gone (Barcelona) and everything is finished,” he said. “I have apologised and if I have to, I will do it again. But now my objective is to win the FA Cup.

“I have played some games after that one and I think the spirit of the team and the way my friends and the club supported me was great.

“The FA Cup is a different competition but the good thing is that even though we are out of the Champions League the spirit has always been good and we are together.

“We were fighting for three trophies a few weeks ago and now we only have one. So we will do our best to win it.

“Some seasons you win more cups than the others, and I hope this year will have the same ending as when we beat Manchester United in 2007.

“Everybody thinks it is going to be an easy to game for Chelsea but we have to give a lot of respect to Everton, because of the way they finished the season. We have to concentrate.”