The minutes of the match between Deportivo and Málaga at La Rosaleda reflect the “angry” protests of the coach of the Coruña team, Fernando Vazquez, to the referee at the conclusion of a match that was decided with a controversial goal and that the coach saw from the stands due to suspension.
The Cantabrian referee Lopez Touches He wrote that “once the game was over” and when the referees were “inside the changing room tunnel”, the blue and white coach addressed them “loudly protesting an angry set of the game.”
In addition, he states that the technician followed them “until the access” to the locker room and even had to “be held by members of his team.”
In the post-match press conference, Vázquez, who has served two games of sanction for his expulsion against Elche, criticized the arbitration action for not having punished a Luis Muñoz’s hand in the play that unbalanced the match.
The blue and white coach, who acknowledged the “bad game” of his team, was “outraged” since, he said, if a goal is preceded by a hand, “whether voluntary or involuntary”, it has to be annulled.
In addition, he considered that López Toca lacked “humility” to review the action on the monitor at the foot of the field. “I’m in the stands and I don’t appreciate it,” Vázquez admits, but adds: “my footballers say it and everyone says it,” that there was “a hand prior to Málaga’s goal.”
“First I want to say that we played a bad game and we did not deserve to win this game,” admitted the Galician coach. “I spoke with Alex (Bergantiños) and he told me that the hand was very clear,” he said. “A previous hand in goal, voluntary or involuntary, that goal must be annulled,” he stressed.
“For me it is incredible and amazing that a referee who is aware that there was a hand and that the regulations tell him that the goal has to be annulled”, but “the question is if you have any questions, Why don’t you go look at the VAR? “asked the Deportivo coach.
Fernando Vázquez went further and made a reflection: “there are very important interests at stake and this man lacked humility as I said the other day to go see a play”. And he clarified: “I am outraged by this and also by the bad game of my team.”
Deportivo has 48 points and is three from relegation with three games remaining for the Second Division to end.
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