A football boot to the chest would hurt. A lot. So it beggars belief that Didier Drogba should be booed when awarded a free kick after receiving the aforementioned booting.
I am the first person to concede that Didier's overreactions and dramatics are extremely frustrating to watch, entertaining yes, but frustrating. However I find it just as frustrating when opposing fans boo him when he is genuinely hurt by a reckless tackle. It would appear that just because he is an elite athlete (and he is Didier Drogba) he is expected to remain unfazed by a kick to the chest, a late tackle, an elbow to the face or any other of the defensive tactics that footballers will employ during a match.
Didier does over do his reactions sometimes....sometimes. And it really is annoying. But that doesn't mean that he should be ridiculed when an opposing player launches an attack on him that is clearly a foul. I don't know why I'm complaining really. It goes along with supporting a team that when an opposing player you dislike dives or gets an easy foul you boo- I'd boo if Rooney or Tevez did it. But I wouldn't if one of my players recklessly tackled them. I'd hate them quietly and if they scored from the free kick I'd put my middle finger up at the TV but I'd be more angry at my player than at theirs.
Football is a soul-destroying game and I can see why Bolton fans would have been frustrated when their team was down 3-0, but honestly, he booted him in the chest! There was no dive, no claim for an undeserved free kick. It was a text-book foul and even through my painfully blue-tinted glasses I can see that.
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