As a 15-year-old at Barcelona, Ilaix Moriba seized the world’s attention when he scored a hat-trick against Real Madrid’s U-18 team. One of the goals was a stunner from the halfway line, straight from the second-half kick-off. Valencia’s sometimes plodding midfield could do with such ingenuity this season. Moriba arrives on loan from RB Leipzig […]
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Valencia have made the move, and it’s come like a Comert out of the blue. But the signing of central defender Eray Comert will hopefully get Los Che’s goal difference tally out of the red. At 23, the Swiss international has made 140 appearances for the Basel first team since his debut in 2016. Following […]
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The year’s gone by in the haze of the pandemic, as days and months formed a nebulous coagulation. Valencianistas found our Champions League dreams, like 2021, equally fleeting.
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Draws against Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad have shown Los Che’s steel. But Valencia’s third draw in a row against a fellow European contender may just expose how stale the stalemates have been – we’ve been lacking fresh ideas for a while now.
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Beleaguered Barcelona – sans Lionel Messi, encumbered by Ronald Koeman – were there for the taking. Just 5 minutes in, we looked like we were going to take all 3 points.
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The writing seemed to be on the wall. “Three losses in a week!” the headlines would scream.
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The Bats have blazed to their best start in LaLiga in 7 campaigns, and now it seems the club have wrapped up the summer transfer window with one of the best endings. As the clock ticked, 2 more signings walked through the doors, making it 6 major additions for the first team. Right on deadline […]
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Just 2 minutes into the new Messi-less LaLiga season, it felt as if all had gone wrong for Valencia. Hugo Guillamon, trialled in a defensive midfield role, saw red after a knee-high lunge. Memories flashed of our 0-3 collapse against the very same opponents in February, also with 10 men.
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Jose Bordalas cuts an imposing figure on the other side of the screen in an exclusive Zoom interview with Batzine. He’s dressed in blue, but with a Valencia badge proudly adorning his chest. He’s our man now, after a 5-year stint with Getafe. Intense, he looks like a tough coach who demands 100 per cent […]
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Our American speedster is loving life, having had a momentous past 12 months. In that time, he made his debut for Los Che and became our youngest non-Spanish scorer, and made his debut for the United States. Here’s what he shared in a recent interview with The Athletic: 1. His US decision […]
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