“I felt that Puyol did everything to stop me . So from his point of view Puyol has done well. Only the referee is not so.” – Arjen Robben
“It is a shame for the sport. Iniesta should have red for natrappen , it was a pure corner and the goal by Spain was offside beforehand. In one minute , the competition thus decides.” – Wesley Sneijder
“There you are evil , but it happened. In the game we had chances , they also . We can do it , but have not done . If you want to be world champion , you have to do and that we have not.” – Joris Mathijsen
“We are angry because we were so close. The referee was slightly more for them than for us. That ultimately cost us the cup.” – Dirk Kuyt
“If you later think back to this tournament , this group, the atmosphere , you can only be proud.” – Van Bronckhorst
“Why ? That everyone can see it ? He has clearly affected the finals.” – Van Bommel
“The best team won.” – Van Marwijk