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#3 Brilliant Refereeing Performance
The Mestalla is, at the best of times, an intimidating stadium to come to for a referee. Plenty of experienced referees have come to Valencia and crumbled in the past, so Javier Estrada deserves his fair share of the plaudits.
Los Che fans inside of the Mestalla jeered and booed the referee with both penalty calls, but there was no doubt. Perhaps their ire would be better directed at former Barcelona player Martin Montoya, who conceded both penalties with brain-dead actions in the box. He did manage to redeem himself, a bit, with a last-ditch sliding tackle to deny Ronaldo from scoring and keep Valencia in the game.
The rest of the game was an absolute torrent of abuse directed at the referee, as Parejo and Santi Mina's attempts at winning penalties were seen through, and just to keep things fair, Estrada wasn't shy with his yellow cards late on as the game reached its intense conclusion.
All in all, a good day for the man in the middle. It's not often that La Liga referees can claim to say that.
