La Liga: Valladolid vs. Valencia

Posted on | February 1, 2008 | 1 Comment

Few people in Spain can understand what is happening to Valencia this season. First, Quique Sanchez Flores was sacked mainly form fan pressure for losing to Rosenberg in the Champions league, but the appointment of Ronald Koeman has done nothing to improve Valencia’s form. Indeed, they are now much worse off, without a league win in nine games. However, the King’s cup seems to be Valencia’s only chance of getting into Europe, albeit the UEFA cup, as they have won five of the last six matches in the competition, and now have to travel to Barcelona in the first leg of the semi final.
Ex captian Albelda (who has managed to get into the Spanish national selection despite not playing for a month and a half), Cañizares and Angulo are still outcasts from the squad and this doesn’t seem to have changed with president Juan Soler giving practically all the power of the club to three of his directors due to ill health, although one of them did say that if Koeman was removed as coach all three players would be given another chance by the new manager. Anyway, a complete and utter disaster by anyone’s standards. Valencia now occupy eleventh place in the league and are just five points above the relegation zone.
Valladolid can really say they are doing better. Even though this is their first season back in the top flight of Spanish football, they are currently in ninth position and a stone’s throw from the UEFA cup places. In the last match between these two sides, Valencia did get the win, but that was a very different Valencia side than the one now. I’m going for a home win here and hope that this will be Koeman’s last game in charge. If it isn’t, I really fear for Valencia.
Prediction: Home win (2-0)

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1. La Liga: Valencia vs. Almeria
2. La Liga: Valencia vs. Valladolid
3. La Liga: Zaragoza vs. Valencia
4. La Liga: Valencia vs. Levante
5. La Liga: Barcelona vs. Valencia

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