Ever Banega

Sevilla failed to show up against a des­per­ate Real Val­ladolid side.  Mal­lorca could only muster a draw against Real Zaragoza at La Romareda.  Ath­letic Bil­bao knew that a win against Valen­cia on Thurs­day would ascend them to within one point of Mal­lorca for the final Cham­pi­ons League spot. Sure, Ath­letic has not won away from […]

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Valencia Unnecessarily Drops Another Two Points

by Andy Pineda on September 28, 2009 · 0 comments

Based on their records com­ing into this fix­ture, the Valen­cia — Atlético Madrid Sat­ur­day fix­ture did not look to be an appe­tiz­ing match, but know­ing each team’s pen­chant to go for­ward, their stature in Span­ish foot­ball, and their per­for­mances over the past few years, this game was the one to watch, and they did not […]

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As has been well doc­u­mented over the past few sea­sons, Valen­cia CF have seen bet­ter days.  A dis­mal 10th place fin­ish in 2008 was fol­lowed by a respectable, but still dis­ap­point­ing 6th place fin­ish in 2009.  On the field, a love hate rela­tion­ship with David Villa, spats with Quique Sánchez Flo­res,  the epic flop of […]

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