John Terry is hopeful that Chelsea can successfully appeal the European bans handed to Didier Drogba and Jose Bosingwa.
Drogba and Bosingwa were banned for four and three games respectively this week for their part in the post-match fallout from The Blues’ Champions League semi-final with Barcelona.
Drogba’s punishment stems from his finger-pointing and televised foul-mouth rant at referee Tom Henning Ovrebo, whom Bosingwa later referred to as a ‘thief’ because of his failure to bow to any of Chelsea’s four credible penalty appeals.
"What happened with Didier and the comments made after the game took the hype away from the referee a little bit," Terry told talkSPORT.
"It was a very bad performance from him [Ovrebo], we all realised that. There were three or four clear penalty decisions that we should have had that night and that's something as a fan and as a player you will never forget.
"It was disappointing. I would like the people in charge to take these things in to perspective and realise that after the game Didier came out and apologised for his actions.
"I think he realises that kids were watching and he deserves a ban. But to that extent? I really don't think so. Maybe a two-match ban.
"Jose Bosingwa's ban, I don't know where that's come from. Obviously every player was feeling what Bosingwa felt and thankfully nobody else said what he said. But he said what every fan and every player was thinking.
"Hopefully Chelsea can appeal and we can get that [the ban] down a little bit because we want those two players for the campaign next year."