“Considering that we were playing away from home, at high altitude, on a heavy field, it was a reasonable start to the qualifiers. We didn’t sleep well last night and we had to wait two hours to get out of the airport when we arrived.”
— Brazil coach Dunga with a litany of excuses after his team opened its World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign with an umpressive 0-0 tie against Colombia in Bogota.