There was surprise in the press box when the announcement came over the stadium sound system with about 10 minutes to.
With Everton and Celtic still goalless, the 41,121 supporters - and those working at Sydney's Accor Stadium - were told there would be a penalty shootout to decide the champions of the Sydney Super Cup should neither side find a winner. Questions about whether there was actually a Super Cup trophy, and whether there was even a way of deciding who wins a series in which four teams play a combined total of three matches, had previously been met with silence.
But there it was, being announced to us all, there would be a penalty shootout and a title on the line in another 600 seconds. It made writing my match report all the more interesting to compile. Waiting for news on how anyone could win the competition, I was working on the basis that at the very least all the games would have to be played before a winner could emerge.
