Instead he end the game in tears along with thousands of true blues worldwide.
To lose by penalties 6-5 is heartbreaking for the Blues but should John Terry have teken the fifth penalty?
Hd Didier Drogba not got himself sent off minutes from the end of extra time, then he would have been one of the five - chances are he could have been the hero rather than the fool who blew it for the Blues.
Was that Drogba's last game?
The recriminations will have to wait.