Natalia Garcia never seems to take a break. One moment she is reviewing match footage, the next she is with her fellow coaches observing the Valencia CF Femenino first team training.
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Under the floodlights at Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna, groups of children are tumbling onto the turf or special mats under the watchful eyes of their coaches. Onlookers would have been bemused at the lack of footballs or drills at the evening training session. But Miguel Alonso will argue it has everything to do with becoming a footballer.
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Miguel Angulo finds it mildly amusing when told that many of his players would have been too young to remember his scintillating performances for Valencia during the bountiful years of 2002 to 2004. Humorous as it may be, the VCF Mestalla head coach prefers it that way.
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It is getting crowded at Ciudad Deportiva de Paterna. But as they say, the more the merrier. Women’s youth football is in town and here to stay.
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A stern countenance. An imposing figure. A checklist of performance targets. Miguel Alonso’s mission is simple: get Valencia’s Academy players fit for first-team football.
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After reinforcing the team with steel by recruiting two physical specimens in Ilaix Moriba and Eray Comert, Valencia have now added silk into the mix – and it is an exciting one. Tottenham Hotspur winger Bryan Gil has signed on loan until the end of the season. Los Che’s third signing of this January transfer […]
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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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B team, reserve team, 2nd team, the U-23’s. Whatever you call them, one thing’s for sure – they are vital breeding grounds for young players. But this concept differs in Spain and England. Today, we introduce Valencia CF Mestalla, Valencia’s reserve team, and how they fit into Spain’s professional league hierarchy.
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It is May 2000. The new millennium had barely awoken but Valencia fans were already witnessing magic unfold. On a raucous night at Mestalla, 23-year-old Miguel Angulo taught Louis van Gaal’s Barcelona a lesson in the Champions League semi-final.
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