In an interview with 'Marca', Ovrebo confessed: "It was not my best day", as he rejected four legitimate penalty claims from Chelsea, only for the Premier League club to lose to a last-minute strike from Andres Iniesta. Barcelona would then go on to lift the European trophy, defeating Manchester United in the final.
Iniesta's late goal would not even go down in history as the iconic image from the controversial match, but rather the confrontation between Ovrebo and 'Blues' players Michael Ballack and Didier Drogba, who were justifiably incensed, is what most spectators remember.
It would go down as one of the worst officiating performances ever in the sport, with the Norwegian still receiving threatening messages over the incident today. "I remember we had to change hotels and there were a lot of people who were hostile towards us. We had to be careful that day and the next.," Ovrebo also revealed in an interview.
Nonetheless, tt was a match wired with high tension as four major penalty appeals fell on deaf ears:
1. Dani Alves took down Florent Malouda right on the eighteen-yard line, but Ovrebo gave a free-kick instead of a penalty.
2. In a one-on-one with Victor Valdes, Drogba was furious when the referee didn't award a spot-kick after the former Ivory Coast international was grabbed and kicked by Eric Abidal.
3. Gerard Pique was lucky to get away with a handball in the box. As Drogba tried to control the ball, the centre-back touched it with his hand but Ovrebo considered the incident unintentional.
4. With the scoreline finely poised at 1-1, Ballack's shot hit Samuel Eto'o's arm, which was over his head and not kept near his body, but it wasn't given.
Almost a decade later, the two teams are set to return to the scene to battle it out in the Round of 16. Although Antonio Conte and Ernesto Valverde will be hoping for a less controversial fixture this time round.