Iranian head coach Carlos Queiroz stated,“Players get used to their sports equipment, and it's not right
to change them a week before such important matches.”.
Queiroz told Gadgets 360,"We learnt quite
a bit with the first Pixel in India and one of the things we're doing is increasing our marketing investment,
Following a training ground fight in January 2006, the two again fought in May, with van Nistelrooy telling Ronaldo
to"go crying to your daddy", a reference to Ronaldo's relationship with assistant manager Carlos Queiroz.