Arsenal - Barcelona final score

Some observations about the Champions League final:

• I've heard referee Terje Hauge was not selected to go to the World Cup. Now we know why.
• Almost like WWE, the crowd's heat in Paris was amazing. They really teed off on anything they didn't like (as in the referee and his assistants)
  
• If you are going to be an asshole and beg the referee for a card (just like the Barca players did just before Lehmann was sent off), you actually deserved to lose, you bunch of ungrateful, short-sighted cry babies...
  
• ...that's something the NFL does so much better: penalties can be declined if the alternative outcome works out better (such as 11-on-11 and a goal up, versus no score and an opposing player sent off).
• That was a nice touch to have the Barcelona club anthem play after the match.
• Ronaldinho always smiles. Always. Except for last night after the final whistle, strangely enough.