The Mestalla fans got fed up with Valencia. The anger during and after the game was loud. There were even incidents when the players left, as was the case with Yunus Musah. His car, driven by his brother, was hit by about thirty radicals who remained outside until after midnight. Other players like Cömert, who stopped to talk to the fans, left without any problems. The footballers, on the advice of the security forces, could not leave Mestalla until two hours after the game ended and they did so through a different door than usual.
🚨 🎥 This is how Yunus Mestalla had to leave tonight: at full speed in the face of protests from the fans
🦇 The players of the @valenciacf They have taken more than two hours to leave Mestalla due to the protest of a hundred fans at the gates of Mestalla pic.twitter.com/R0M7grPikq
— SER Deportivos Valen (@SERDepValencia) January 26, 2023
Not even the gesture of the footballers heading towards the animation stands as soon as the referee whistled to apologize prevented thousands of fans from concentrating on the outskirts of the stadium. There, in front of the door of the box, with the managers and the footballers listening to the chants, the fans charged inks against countless levels of the club: from the property to the players, including the president, the sports director and also the coach.
The police surrounded the access door to the box to avoid temptations of invasion and that the thing happened to majors. There was no incident. Yes chants and insults against Peter Lim, Layhoon Chan, Miguel Ángel Corona and also protagonists of the club’s past during the sale process such as Amadeo Salvo. The players also had their ears ringing: “Mercenaries” or “You don’t deserve that shirt” were some of the shouts.
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All the discomfort was brewing during the 90 minutes of the game, when each loss was accompanied by a loud whistle. The chants to Peter Lim, usual after each defeat in sectors of the stadium, were unanimous throughout the stadium, where 45,040 spectators had gathered waiting for their team to qualify for the Copa del Rey semifinals. But there was no room for them to dream of it. The final stretch of the match, with 1-3, was a constant protest against Lim’s management. The fans were leaving the surroundings of Mestalla before the players left the stadium, Although a hundred followers waited at the door where footballers usually come out to prevent them from leaving and rebuke them.
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