Valencia coach Quique Flores upset the referees' governing body this week with his criticisms of Mejuto González after the match at Athletic Bilbao. Flores said that his side should have had a couple of penalties at least, and that this was not the first time that this particular referee had made bad decisions against his teams (he even suggested that he had a personal vendetta against him from the time he was in Getafe, and insinuated that there was a "black hand" helping Athletic stay in the first division). The CTA were so enraged that they published a communiqué in the federation website complaining about Flores's declarations, asking the disciplinary committee to take actions against him and even stating that "approaching the final part of the season, people who did not achieve their targets tend to use referees as an excuse."! The battle goes on...... (10.04.07)