Portugal international Pepe appeared to intentionally tread on his rival's hand during the second half of Wednesday's Copa del Rey quarter-final first leg in the Spanish capital.

The incident was caught on camera and Pepe's actions were widely condemned within the football community, even though he maintained that the contact had been purely accidental.

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF)'s Competition Committee has now revealed that they will take no action against the player because there was no mention of the incident within the referee's report.

Consequently, Pepe, having already been included in the Real squad to face Barca on Wednesday night, is now free to play in the second leg of the quarter-final tie at Camp Nou.

However, that might not be the end of the affair because, according to La Jornada, Barcelona member Stefan Froreich, has filed a legal complaint against Pepe in a Barcelona court.

The paper claims that the German, who lives in Catalunya, has accused the centre-half of causing criminal harm under Article 147 of the Penal Code.

Barcelona led Real 2-1 on aggregate going into the second leg.