24. veebruar. San Siro staadion. Kell 23.05.
Külalismeeskonna riietusruum. Staadionilt edasikanduvate, atmosfääris sulanduvate ja ruumide poolt moonutatud ovatsioonide varjus kerkib esile üks teine, palju vaiksem ja selgepiirilisem heli. Keegi kraabib riietusruumi ukse taga, justkui üritades küünitada lingini ja seda, kerge tihkumise saatel, avada. Mõne minuti pärast see varajasel ümberriietumishuvilisel ka õnnestub. Sisse roomab C. Ronaldo, kes on väga õnnetu olemisega - kes ei teaks, et ManU värv ongi punane, võiks nooruki punaka kuju nägemisest sellisel kujul isegi eksliku järelduse teha. C.R. otsib nina luristades ja pisaraid laiali nühkides välja oma telefoni ja laseb kutsuda.
"Jade? Jade?"
"Crissy!!! How are You!! How did' go!!!??"
"Listen, Jade, listen, you there? You there, Jade? Yes, 'just want to say, listen, dear, it's just like it's...."
"Crissy!!! What are you about!? How'dit go?!! The game!!!!??"
"Game... game...?... oh" - purskub nutma.
"Cristiano!!!! What's the matter???? You did play the game tonight?
With Inter Milan? Right? They didn't bench you now did they?"
"No..... Jade, they didnt bench me - however, Jade... by the way - you
remeber this american bloke in 96 olympics..., who ran 100m, and also did longjump, you know, we were excited and all that, he won both, and he was fast and everything, but you know - was he really all that fast, I mean...., was he really....?"
"What now, Crissy, whats that - they also said that -you- were one of the best attacking midfielders in the modern game, now they did they not.."
"Well yes, they did, I mean I was, I mean, I am, I mean, I thought I was.... Listen Jade, gimme Dave, s'he Ok? "
"You're talking riddles, now get it together!, Dave's sleeping, of course, I mean, did anything happen? At the game??"
"Yeah, I mean, Dave, I mean, I believe I'm gonna spend lot more time whit him, you know, maybe we move to someplace quiet, lay low.... I mean.... did you know..., thats where they build these lamborghinis, now it's here, in italy, it's here they build them, you know..... these supercars..."
C.R. kõne katkestab ruumi uksest mööda tõttav ja karjuv inimene:
"incredibile! incredibile! allenatore!! cagliomercato vittoria! vittoria....", kaugenevad tema hüüded koridori teise otsa.
"Well, yes, Crissy, why you acting like that? are you injured?"
"No I'm not injured, I mean, not like that, I mean, I'm not"
"So what happened? You win? you lose? Howd game go?"
"The game? The game? There was no -*'GAME'*-." köhib verd.
"So WHAT was it?!?!?!"
---- "It was a slaughter."