In the players' tunnel at half-time, BeIN Sports cameras captured a conversation between Valencia left-back José Luis Gayà and Barcelona's Sergio Busquets. The valencianista asked Busi whether the ball was fully over the line: "Was it over by a lot?", to which the Barça midfielder responded: "It was well over the line".
Another Barça player, Sergi Roberto, couldn't resist commenting on social media. Injury forced him to miss the match but he posted a message on Twitter to express his disbelief that Messi's goal didn't stand.