Critics go to town on Deportivo

“HUMILIATION”, “Pantomime” and “Disaster” were some of the headlines that greeted Deportivo Coruna as they staggered back to Spain yesterday following their record 8-3 defeat at the hands of Monaco in the Champions League.

"Deportivo were a caricature of their normal selves," said yesterday's edition of sports daily Marca. "The Galicians insisted on committing suicide time and time again as if they had been possessed by some evil spirit.

"It was a painful death, horrible to watch 90 agonising minutes that will be imprinted on the minds of Deportivo fans for a very long time to come."