Watching the after-match stuff last night was entertaining.
Arbeloa should have given away a penalty and been sent off, but as his victim was Costa there was a general air of, "those who live by the sword, die by the sword," reaction to it. I said during the match it reminded me of some classic Serie A, off the ball niggling stuff. The two managers demonstrated their lack of hypocrisy if nothing else.
Ancelotti: I wish we always played like that, perfect defending.
Simeone: They played well, congratulations to them.
Mascherano should have given away a penalty and been sent off, but the ref missed that. However in Spain, the ref's report is released to the press so we do know that the reason got Martinez got sent off after receiving a yellow card initially was because he told the ref to, "stick it where the sun doesn't shine." I hope you appreciate I've translated that in the most google sensitive way that I could.
There was also a bit of aftermath chat on Barca, partly because the last night crowd was 38,500 and partly because some of the players don't think the team are getting the appreciation they deserve. However I'll put that stuff in the Barcelona thread later, because it wasn't really about the Copa match.
