A pleasant surprise

Referee and assistants.

Spain demonstrated that they were a much better team than Scotland even though they had nothing to play for but anothe victory while their opponents had (at least at the bginning). As for Mr. Johannesson, he had a very solid performance, including his yellow-cards policy. There was one recurring failure - not using the advantage rule for both sides (examples: minutes 13', 32', 48', etc.). There is also a looming suspicion (as there was no replay for this incident) that the whole team movement (a spectacular one indeed) which led to Spain's third goal had started with an infringement on an opponent close to the half-way line. And then there is this Stark-like dour figure who never smiles. The assistant referees, Mr. Wittberg and Mr. Sjoblom weren't faultless.