Valencia turned the page on their doubts with a victory against Celta by drip. Castillejo, Marcos André and André Almeida signed the victory on the afternoon of Cavani’s debut. Gattuso can say that he has a goal beyond the Uruguayan. There are nine footballers in his squad who have already seen the goal, and the Uruguayan is still not among them, who suffered from inactivity time. Celta, who played the last half hour with one less due to Cervi’s expulsion, offered less resistance than in previous defeats, running into Mamardashvili when he tried to disturb the Mestalla. Valencia has a goal and a goalkeeper. If Gattuso manages to give regularity to his results, we will see how far he goes in the standings.
Gattuso pulled meritocracy with the return of Cömert to the axis of the rear, of resources with the presence of Ilaix Moriba and André Almeida in the average and of gallons with the ownership of Cavani. Coudet was more predictable or had fewer options or needs, depending on how you look at it. Óscar for Carles Pérez and the regulars. So goal lovers, Edinson Cavani and Iago Aspas, coincided on the pitch from the start. And the Galician was the first to try to reach 625 goals between the two, with a free-kick that, although it hit the goalkeeper’s post, carried the danger of a snake. But Mamardashvili got between the ball and the net.
Valencia did not approach the Marchesín area until Lim’s minute, 19 ‘, the one in which since last year the stands reproach the owner for his management. The stick deprived Diakhaby of playing Cavani for a day. The Uruguayan striker, the truth, was seen throughout the afternoon as reconnaissance return for his new house. He came from many months without playing and inactivity is accused whether you are 35 years old or 20.
Celta’s little danger was generated by Valencia himself with his ball outings. Mestalla is more of Cazalla than champagne and the run run he begins to accompany each tikitaka from behind when the score is even. But that is Gattuso’s style, and he would be wrong if he stopped doing it, because he doesn’t play to like himself but to break lines, gain space and be vertical. And in a hurricane attack the goal came. Lino entered with a dagger from the left and Castillejo, like a drill from the right to pierce the net.
Cervi’s expulsion
The chances, beyond the goal, fell by the dropper. Thus, once the second half had begun, the focus shifted to González Fuertes, who interpreted that Lino wanted to cheat on him, hence the yellow card for him, when he and all of Mestalla demanded a penalty from him. The Asturian did not hesitate to expel Cervi either, who went too far on the brakes and took Thierry with the tacos.
Valencia, still in superiority, did not finish taking the game to their ground. But it’s not like Celta bit Gattuso’s men either; and when he tried to sink his teeth into them, Mamardashvili confirmed that he is one of the main assets, not to say the most, that Valencia has in its squad. The hand that the Georgian took to Larsen’s point-blank header is one of those that when the League ends he decides if a team is one place higher or lower. The one that Marchesín took from Kluivert, who had entered the field alongside Marcos André, was not bad either.
The Argentine goalkeeper could do nothing to the next counterattack that Valencia put together. Marcos André beat him with a low shot, in an action in which if the ball reached the Brazilian’s feet it was for the efforts of Gayà, who fought to the point of exhaustion to be able to assist his partner with his leg, ass or whatever. Gayà lay down massaging his twins while the rest of his team celebrated a goal that sentenced Coudet’s men. André Almeida, the most expensive signing of the summer, one of those young promises that Lim brings from Portugal, put in the luminous figure of a landslide with a perfect hit.
