[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

The players stood for a minute's silence for the victims of the Asian tsunami before the game, which was refereed by Pierluigi Collina.

Perhaps the only sour note of the night was that some of the crowd chose to boo instead of show their respect, but the players made sure they did not put a dampener on proceedings.

How often can the Spanish fans get away with disrespect and racism before someone does something? They can riot in Italy, have major problems in Holland and constant racist abuse in Spain yet if we so much as fart in the wrong direction we get some kind of Fifa response.

I hate making comparisons like this as each case should be judged alone but its just ridiculous now.