#3 Deportivo’s Pepe Mel got his tactics wrong
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Pepe Mel has built his career on making his teams hard to beat – he’s the Spain’s answer to Tony Pulis, if you will. Yet, for some unfathomable reason, the Deportivo boss set up his side to be open at the back and push forward in attack right from the off. It went horribly for the hosts – they conceded in the opening minute and could have easily been 3 down in the first 10 minutes, bar some erratic finishing from Madrid.
Consider the fact that Deportivo’s two top scorers are Florin Andone and Celso Borges. The pair haven’t scored since March, but Mel decided that he could take on a Madrid side wounded from their El Clasico loss.
It's not like Depor needed the 3 points - they're 7 points ahead of Gijon in 18th place with 4 games left to play, and could have been perfectly fine with a hard-fought draw against Madrid. This isn't Super Depor of the early 2000s and the sooner the people in charge at the Riazor realise it, the better.
