Valladolid beat Valencia 1-0 and caused the Valencian team to be the new bottom of LaLiga. It was the result of a very exciting clash in the final stretch, when Valladolid, with one less due to the expulsion of Latasa in the 78th minute, resisted as best they could the harassment of a Valencia where Rafa Mir returned. Long night for Valencia, as it is most likely that Rubén Baraja, their coach, will be dismissed.
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Karl Hein, Lucas Rosa, Luis Pérez, Javier Sánchez, Juma Bah, Kike (Victor Meseguer, min. 77), Raul Moro (Machís, min. 70), Iván Sánchez (Mario Martín, min. 58), Anuar, Stanko Juric and Marcos André (Juan Latasa, min. 71)
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Dimitrievski, César Tárrega, Foulquier (Sergi Canos, min. 67), Cristhian Ibarguen (Germán Valera, min. 80), Vazquez Alcalde (Yarek Gasiorowski, min. 45), Francisco Martinez (Andre Almeida, min. 45), Javi Guerra , Pepelu, Luis Rioja, Diego López and Hugo Duro
Goals 1-0 min. 19: Yearn.
Referee Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias
yellow cards Vazquez Alcalde (min. 27), Kike (min. 54), Marcos André (min. 66), Rafa Mir (min. 81), Anuar (min. 95) and Sergi Canos (min. 97)
red cards Juan Latasa (min. 78)
A very responsible game played by Valladolid, still with Álvaro Rubio on the bench, and a Valencia that is completing a disastrous season. A needy duel between the bottom team and the penultimate team in La Liga, the two separated by a single point in the standings.
The clash showed two anguished teams, with Valencia petrified, without answers, while Valladolid had the virtue of getting it right, at least, on the only chance it had in the first half. Anuar took advantage of a mistake by Mosquera and scored against Dimitrievski. Valencia, in a very discreet first half, did not shoot Valladolid’s goal between the three of them. The locals withstood the visitor’s harassment with one less due to the red card to Latasa in the final stretch and breathed with a decisive victory. Valencia has three consecutive defeats in LaLiga and is five points away from safety. It is also true that he has two less games to play due to the effects of the damage. The first of them will be played next Wednesday against Espanyol, in a decisive duel, while the second will be against Madrid, on January 3rd.
“We apologize to the fans. The team tries, but it doesn’t work. The group is good, we have no doubt, but nothing comes of it,” said Pepelu, Valencia’s captain. “I know what they suffer in that situation and I was happy for the players,” clarified Álvaro Rubio, provisional coach of Valladolid. “The game was defined by an error. We went in tow, we tried, but we couldn’t. We apologize to our fans, but we have to continue, there is no other option. We tried to go for the game with a lot of crosses, we tried, but we haven’t had any luck,” said Baraja, the Valencia coach. “We are very hurt, but we cannot give up. You have to resist. The players will be able to turn the situation around. I don’t worry about my future, I’m just focused on the team,” he concluded.
