If there was to be one black mark on the evening it was to come not from events on the pitch but those in the stands, where both sets of supporters were shamed by the crass behaviour of a minority. In the Curva Nord, some fans held up banners celebrating their "Nostalgia for Heysel" (presumably ignorant of the fact that two Inter fans were among the 39 who died in that tragedy). At the other end, racist chants were directed at Maicon, and nasty ditties sung about the late Inter player and president Giacinto Facchetti.