Ilicali described the decision to allow Middlesbrough to re-enter the play-offs as “unbelievable”.
He said: “If this action was so big that a team is out of the play-offs, why didn’t they let them not play the semi-final, investigate and take Southampton out and put Wrexham in?
“Why is Wrexham out now? Put Wrexham in and continue the competition.
“For me, an eliminated team {being] put back – also our lawyers say this and that’s their opinion too – is an incredibly wrong decision.”
The 56-year-old, who took over Hull City in 2022, said he did not want to discuss the outcome of the EFL’s independent disciplinary commission’s hearing before the day of the final to avoid distracting the players.
“Now I can talk a little more because now the boys are in the stadium and they will not hear me. I didn’t want to make their focus disturbed,” he added.
“Decisions are discussable from what I understand from our lawyers, very discussable.
“But of course we have to focus on the game and the boys are tough enough to overcome these difficulties.”
