The Almería locker room was outraged after the performance of referee Hernández Maeso, whom they pointed out as the architect of Real Madrid’s controversial comeback. The footballers were very belligerent and, on the other hand, coach Garitano bit his tongue to avoid further sanctions.
“I have nothing to say,” the Almería coach responded to the question about refereeing. “Then they punish us coaches if we say something so I have nothing to say,” he insisted.
Gonzalo Melero, on the other hand, was much more transparent with his thoughts. “I have the feeling that they have robbed us, clearly. Nothing more could have been done from the outside to get Real Madrid into the game,” he concluded.
“There is no way to take it, Spanish football is light years away from the Premier. It is a shame but it is reality. What is happening today crosses all limits, it is truly incredible,” lamented the Almería midfielder.
Edgar was in the same line as his teammate, astonished by what he had experienced at the Santiago Bernabéu, who ended up chanting “this way, this way, this is how Madrid wins!”. “He gave us cards for anything. The lack of the first goal is very clear, Vinícius’ goal was with his hand and I have the feeling that they disallowed our goal for nothing. All the decisions have been for them,” he said. “The push from behind was very clear and it didn’t let me get up,” he denounced about the action that ended in a penalty in favor of Madrid.
For his part, Pubill limited himself to summarizing the feeling of the Almería locker room: “They decided that we couldn’t win and that the game couldn’t end like that and that’s how it happened.” Instead, Carvajal highlighted the spirit of Real Madrid: “It is what this shield and this stadium mean, you have to believe until the end.”
