John Terry was sent off for the above incident when hes was adjudged to have hauled down Jo, denying a clear opportunity towards goal. There weren't that many complaints from either side as it clearly shows that John Terry used his arm to bring down Jo. However as there was another defender between Jo and the goal, it gave grounds for Chelsea to appeal. Mark Hughes later said that the ref was erratic in handing out the card, obviously he wants to be in Chelsea's good books as he showed no sympathy for his own player Jo.
Later on in the week, Chelsea won their appear and had the red card rescinded, meaning that John Terry is cleared to play. However, the puzzling point is that apparently Mark Halsey the ref that was incharge reported the incident as "serious foul play." However, no top-tier referee would ever consider Terry's bear hug as "serious foul play"but more correctly as "denying an opportunity to score" or an "unsportsman behaviour" (for holding on). Because of so, Terry's card was rescinded because it was not foul play. This has left many fuming as it was obvious that the FA has tinkered with Halsey's report in order to allow Terry to play.
The reason being is that Terry is the England captain and therefore the front man of the FA, no one is every dumb enough to penalise their main man. This also happened when Terry was captain during the McClaren era. Unrelated so, clubs play certain players because it is in their contract with TV broadcasters to play big names. Think of Beckham's contract when out on friendlies. If Beckham was absent less people watch i.e. less popular less money for the club. Change the word club for FA and Terry for Beckham and you will know why it is advantageous.
With the FA constantly promoting respect towards referees, they have humiliated Halsey so that they can clear Terry's name how can we repect people when their own employers won't respect them? FA = hypocrites.
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