Pepe Mel stated in Mestalla’s press room today that the match “has been haphazard against us for a thousand reasons”. “Today, the match was an absolute piffle”, he said.

The Deportivista coach explained “Alves was the best player of the match; he moved three metres forward when the Dépor player took the shot. The rule is clear; the penalty has to be taken again”.

He added, “our goal (scored by Carles Gil) is legal and hasn’t gone up on the scoreboard. To top it all, we score an own goal. Besides all of that, it’s true we found it very hard”.