Category: Match Report

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.

Real Madrid (2) Valencia (0) Karim Benzema 12′Toni Kroos 42′ Perhaps, when we think about some of the great Valencia teams, we see quick passing football played at a blinding pace, with courage and flair and players seamlessly switching between the lines to run down the opponents. This time around, we were on the receiving […]

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.

“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.

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.