Timing is everything, especially for midfielders. When to run into space. When to launch a killer pass. When to shoot. Get a couple of these things right and you stand a chance of doing well; get all of them right and you could be as good as Carlos Soler.
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On a wild evening at the Mestalla, Valencia and Sevilla produced a mind-bogglingly tense, tight and testy game of football.
In the end, a mistake from a rookie and injuries to several key players made this another game to forget. The problems in the game were again glaring: careless defending, a lack of killer instinct and the inability to capitalise on possession.
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This was the night when Valencia had wanted to prove their mettle, to fire the excitement of what looks to be an unpredictable but promising season ahead, with so many of its young guns stepping up.
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In football, timing is everything. On a chaotic Sunday evening at the Mestalla, it took Yunus Musah exactly 22 minutes to flick the switch from mundane to magic. The moment of ignition came from Gabriel Paulista, who looked up and played one of those fast-break balls to the right of midfield. Finding space down the […]
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Let’s face it. It has been a forgettable transfer window. The pandemic has hit Valencia hard financially, forcing the club to be prudent. Big names have left. It sucks. But now is a chance for the rest to step up. Batzine looks at 5 who can play bigger roles. 1.) Goncalo Guedes Valencia’s 40-million euros record signing […]
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Squint a little and there was something oddly familiar about Valencia’s defeat to Real Betis at the Mestalla on Saturday night. This was a forgettable occasion for Javi Gracia’s under-conditioned team and revealed glimpses of what went wrong last season: shoddy defending, a lack of conviction and desire to win.
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For years, Valencia had established academies across continents like Asia, North America and Europe. So when the time came for it to launch its first academy in 2020, it decided to look across the Strait of Gibraltar to its closest neighbour — Africa. The reception for the Marrakech academy has been encouraging. When it first […]
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For Valencia, setting up football academies abroad isn’t just about scouting for the next hot talent — it is about getting the Los Che brand out into the world. The idea makes sense.
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If there is one thing that sets Valencia Football Club apart from the rest, it is the fans. We’ve been through ups and downs over the years but our support for the Los Che has never waned. From Indonesia to Australia and Thailand to Africa, this club has garnered fan support from all corners of […]
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Yunus Dimoara Musah was midway through a training session with the England Under-18 squad in late 2019 when he realised he had improved significantly. He found that he was half a second quicker on the ball, read the game better, and all-round tactical nous and positional discipline that little bit sharper. “I’ve noticed the difference […]
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