Sevilla and Del Cerro Grande sank Valencia more

Everything is messy for Valencia. Peter Lim’s disastrous reign as the largest shareholder put the Mestalla club on the road to the Second Division and this Sunday Sevilla and Del Cerro Grande took it a step further. The visitors, very solid, took advantage of some defensive errors by Rubén Baraja’s team to score and add three points that leave them on the right track.

For his part, with 0-1 and after consulting the monitor, the referee decided that a clear hand from Fernando in the area, a little away from the body, was not a penalty in the main game of the clash. The fury of those standing at the referee was immediately directed at the owner’s representatives in the box, even forcing the Police to intervene.

Valencia fans did not want to leave their team alone for even a minute despite the protest organized against Lim at the start of the away clash and their loyalty to filling the stands from the start was almost have a prize when considering Samu Castillejo against Dmitrovic after the recovery a few seconds after the start.

Although disallowed for offside, it signaled the intentions of a motivated Valencia. The goalkeeper had to clear a venomous cross from Dimitri Foulquier minutes later. The match started brightly and the chances did not just come from the local side. Ocampo, in a run-in with Mamardashvili, also came close to scoring.

The double left-back with Toni Lato and José Luis Gayà tested by Rubén Baraja in his commitment to 1-4-4-2 allowed Valencia to maintain the pressure, even without good chances. A Chilean deviate from Edinson Cavani is the best demonstration.

The clash returns to chaos and Carlos Soler is biting his nails in the box. In a corner like no other, a series of rebounds opened the scoring by Badé and tested the mental strength of Valencia and its men. The people of Baraja thought it with maturity until the play that marked the clash came.

A cross from the left clearly hit Fernando’s hand. Del Cerro didn’t see it but the VAR called him before the impact evidence but when everyone at Mestalla thought he was going to point to the penalty spot, the referee decided it wasn’t. Local players and fans went from disbelief to rage. There are already many controversial plays that fall on the other side.

The anger went from the referee to the box and with all Valencia clueless Suso scored the second and sentenced the clash. Such was the atmosphere that it hardly mattered that Del Cerro had made changes and waived a badly awarded penalty for Marcos André’s fall in the visitors’ area or that Ilaix Moriba had seen a straight red card. After the clash, the joy with which the visitors celebrated the victory and the mournful faces of the visitors said it all.