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Valencia gained momentum at Mestalla at the close of the first round of the League with a night of celebration and goals against a Villarreal that once again faltered at the back. The Castellón team is going from rout to rout in a season in which it has not finished getting into shape, not even since it has been led by Marcelino, who a month and a half ago became its third coach since the summer. Now Villarreal is one of the teams that has conceded the most goals in the championship (38), slightly less than Granada (40) and Almería (42). A condemnation for a team with talent but too fragile in defense.

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Mamardashvili, Gayá (Vazquez Alcalde, min. 78), Gabriel Paulista, Cristhian Ibarguen, Foulquier, Sergi Canos (Diego López, min. 69), Pepelu, Hugo Guillamón, Francisco Martinez (Yarek Gasiorowski, min. 86), Yaremchuk (Javi Guerra, min. 69) and Hugo Duro (Alberto Mari, min. 85)

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Jorgensen, Alberto Moreno (Trigueros, min. 78), Jorge Cuenca, Adrià Altimira (Kiko Femenía, min. 78), Albiol (Eric Bailly, min. 16), Parejo, Ramón Terrats, Capoue (Ben Brereton, min. 65) , Gerard Moreno, Morales (Coquelin, min. 65) and Ilias Chakkour

Goals 1-0 min. 3: Yaremchuk. 2-0 min. 26: Pepelu. 3-0 min. 57: Pepelu. 3-1 min. 72: Gerard Brown.

Referee Jesús Gil Manzano

Tarjetas amarillas Eric Bailly (min. 36), Parejo (min. 48), Capoue (min. 56), Gayá (min. 63), Diego López (min. 73), Ramón Terrats (min. 80), García Toral ( min. 87) and Jorge Cuenca (min. 92)

Rubén Baraja’s team and its fans live an idyll that borders on the illogical. The team does not have the strength of other times, but the fans give it their loyalty in every game. Against Villarreal, another one in decline, Mestalla filled out again and its eleven players responded with a match that was as colorful as it was practical. A night of happy football that, also, thanks to Villarreal’s terrible permeability this season, shaken week after week, translated into goals.

Two in an incontestable first half. With a very inspired Gayá who spent half the night sending very dangerous centers into the area. The first ended in a goal from Yaremchuk, who made his debut at the end in the League. Another two, in separate penalties that Pepelu, a very cold guy from eleven meters, did not forgive. Although the most valuable thing about the goal that opened the scoring was the start of the play, with a pass from Pepelu from his field that seemed to float throughout the field until it fell on the baseline, where he was rescued by Gayá, who saw the arrival from Yaremchuk and gave him half a goal with a back pass that the forward did not waste. The Ukrainian is getting the pulse of the League. Gayá had another decisive action at 25 minutes, with a new pass to the heart of the area, where Terrats put his arm behind Hugo Duro’s back in an action in which Gil Manzano saw a penalty that Pepelu converted to make it 2-0 .

Rubén Baraja wanted to send a message to his staff. The coach from Pucelano recovered Javi Guerra, one of the emblems of this very young Valencia, but left him on the bench to reward the good performance of Hugo Guillamón. The midfielder does not have the displays of genius of his teammate, but he has a sense of the game and knew how to give it the fluidity that allowed Sergi Canós and Fran Pérez, each on a flank, to stretch Valencia’s attacks until boxing their opponent in their area .

Villarreal, forced by the score, took control in the second half. It has been forever since last season without winning two games in a row, but its dominance was inconsistent and, in the 56th minute, Valencia, patiently behind, came out quickly on a counterattack in which Hugo Duro sent a ball to the post. The play continued and Gayá, who else, put another ball into the area for Canós and Altimira touched it with his hand. Second penalty and second goal from Pepelu, a mainstay in this Valencia team that will not receive reinforcements in the winter market but continues to add points under the protection of a fan dedicated to its young footballers.

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2024-01-02 23:12:59
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