From breathtaking scorchers and intricate passing play to stunning solo runs, here’s Batzine’s choice of Valencia’s top 5 goals in this season’s LaLiga. The No.1 pick comes from a most unlikely source! 5. Lato’s tailor-made perfection (Valencia 1-2 Elche) This was about the assist as much as the goal. Lee Kang In made tailors worldwide […]
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Sunday’s thumping win against Real Valladolid provided an oasis for the parched throats of Valencia fans, and thankfully ended a 4-month goal drought for Maxi Gomez too.
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The vultures were circling. Soon it became a matter of “when”, not “if” Javi Gracia would leave Valencia. Some reports said it would be at the end of the season, but it came on Monday (May 3), right after a 2-3 loss to Barcelona and with just 4 LaLiga games to play. The defeat meant […]
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It takes a special player to have a chant of his own, especially one who has recently joined. A handful of games into his career at Premier League club Wolves, Patrick Cutrone already had a song dedicated to him. His passionate yet intelligent play on the field won English fans over when he joined in July 2019.
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Measure the volume of blood spilled in matches between LaLiga clubs, and Valencia vs Getafe will likely come up top – just see Gabriel Paulista’s head drenched in blood after the 2019 Copa Del Rey quarters.
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Valencia’s January signing Patrick Cutrone braced himself for the worst when he had a high temperature and sore throat in March last year. His fears were realised when he was diagnosed with COVID-19, just six days after he played for Fiorentina in a Serie A game against Udinese.
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With 30 minutes left in the LaLiga game against Athletic Bilbao, Javi Gracia turned to his new hitman on the bench, Patrick Cutrone, to make an impact on his Valencia debut. “The coach told me to make movements, to up the pressure,” said Cutrone in an exclusive interview with Batzine. “It was emotional when I put on […]
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Just look at the difference a week makes. Things felt like they were going awry at the start of the year as Valencia hovered just above the LaLiga relegation zone. But a win against Elche and more importantly, the swift securing of personnel to bolster the squad for the second half of the season bring […]
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“What happened to the most famous palm tree in Valencia?” tweeted a Valencia fan at the start of the match against Osasuna. He was referring to Thierry Correia, who had shaved off his signature curly locks. What happened to Valencia’s attack, we might all have asked, as the Los Che lacked a razor-sharp cutting edge up front even though it was almost a fully fit squad. The team simply did not cause Osasuna enough hairy moments in defence.
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On a night when Jaume Domenech made a stupendous penalty stop, Lionel Messi equalled Pele’s goal record at a single club, and Barca defender Ronald Araujo scored a gravity-defying scissor kick, it was instead poor officiating and VAR that stole the headlines.
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