Eight yellow cards. A head-butt. Yelling players surrounding the referee. Gamesmanship and spikiness across the pitch. Decided on a penalty shoot-out, the World Cup drama of England vs. Colombia would have been better without the ugliness. Among those who thought so: Colombia coach Jose Pekerman.
"When there are so, so many fouls and interruptions I think that's not good," he said.
"We shouldn't only look at Colombian players. We should also look at England players."
"That hasn't been good for us. It's hurt our side a lot."