Once again, it was the same old story for Valencia. Sleepwalk through the majority of the game, fall behind, wake up, and score a last minute goal to save our skins.
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Threading delicious through balls. Befuddling opponents with dazzling footwork. Orchestrating the team’s attacking play. These are the skillsets of a classic No. 10 in football. Think Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldinho and Diego Maradona. But not in Valencia. Instead, Los Che’s current No. 10 loves sliding into tackles, harassing opponents off the ball, and offers more protection […]
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Cadiz (2) Valencia (1) Juan Cala 14′Marcos Mauro Lopez Gutierrez 88′ Kevin Gameiro 19′ When will football ever learn that racism has absolutely no place in the game? Forget the 3 points. Forget the targets for the season. Forget the football. Incidents like this transcend the game itself. Tonight’s match will be remembered more for […]
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It was a scene that no Valencia fan wanted to see: Gabriel Paulista crying on live television in the aftermath of a 0-3 defeat to Getafe in February. “We’re going to turn this around, we have many games left and we’re going to improve and return Valencia to where they deserve to be,” said the […]
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The giant digital clock in the Mestalla read 90.00. A tense derby encounter between Valencia and Villarreal looked set to end in a 1-1 draw. But as Christian Oliva received the ball in the middle of the field, he saw something ahead hardly seen in his time playing for Caligari in the stifling Serie A: […]
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In the 50th minute, Athletic Bilbao’s forward Oihan Sanchet had the ball in Valencia’s penalty area. With only five metres separating him from goal, Bilbao looked dead certain to double their lead over a faltering Los Che. But Jaume Domenech had other ideas.
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For Daniel Wass, age is just a number. While he may be turning 32 this year and is the second oldest player in the Valencia squad after Kevin Gameiro, this Danish Duracell Bunny is showing no signs of slowing down.
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The 2007/2008 LaLiga season was one of Valencia’s worst. Voro tells Batzine how they escaped the drop. The unthinkable had happened. As the season drew to a close in 2008, Valencia had found themselves in the thick of a relegation scrap. Los Che were mired in 15th, two points from the drop. Its coach, the […]
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2021 has only just begun, but it’s set to be a long one for Valencia if they continue playing like this.
Make no mistake about it. Los Che are in deep trouble. Although tonight’s draw has temporarily lifted them out of the drop zone, the situation is starting to get desperate for Javi Gracia’s men.
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Just a year ago, Hugo Guillamon was still an academy player. These days, he’s a regular presence at the Mestalla. But while he’s firmly in the spotlight now, the young centre-back is not feeling the pressure. What’s his secret on staying calm? Batzine spoke to him to find out. Making the switch playing in the […]
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