"If it was a boxing match it would have been stopped because it was too boring"

«(...) the football remained loveless, full of sour faces and dour tactics. It is, of course, hard to enjoy playing under this pressure - gravity always wins - but the likes of Ronaldinho manage to show their teeth from time to time. The only teeth on show here were those being pulled by unfortunate neutrals. It all evoked the famous headline after the dire draw between Ireland and England at Italia 90: 'No Football Please, We're British'. While there was glory and spoils for the victors, anyone with a knowledge of football knows that this rudimentary nonsense is spoiling the game.»

(Rob Smyth, no The Guardian, sobre o bonito jogo desta noite. A meio da segunda parte, um insecto veio pousar no parapeito da minha janela. O insecto era esverdeado e tinha dois pares de asinhas translúcidas. Creio que era uma libélula. Esteve ali no parapeito da minha janela. A tinta por baixo do parapeito da minha janela está a lascar. Vou ter de resolver isto.)