Preseason discovery player Juan Bernat has signed a professional contract with Valencia CF that will keep him at the club until 2015.
Technical secretary Braulio Vázquez said of the player, "It's very important to have quality players, which Bernat is, and he also has great commitment to Valencia. Bernat is a boy with great qualities, he's fast, technical, can score goals, and has personality. But I like is humility and willingness to work."
The player himself said that he is humbled to be given a professional contract and said that he will work hard to be useful to the team.
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Juan Bernat sign professional contract to 2015 with Valencia CF
Preseason discovery player Juan Bernat has signed a professional contract with Valencia CF that will keep him at the club until 2015.
Technical secretary Braulio Vázquez said of the player, "It's very important to have quality players, which Bernat is, and he also has great commitment to Valencia. Bernat is a boy with great qualities, he's fast, technical, can score goals, and has personality. But I like is humility and willingness to work."
The player himself said that he is humbled to be given a professional contract and said that he will work hard to be useful to the team.
Technical secretary Braulio Vázquez said of the player, "It's very important to have quality players, which Bernat is, and he also has great commitment to Valencia. Bernat is a boy with great qualities, he's fast, technical, can score goals, and has personality. But I like is humility and willingness to work."
The player himself said that he is humbled to be given a professional contract and said that he will work hard to be useful to the team.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
UD Almeria vs Valencia CF - Match Preview
First let me give support for Paco for the loss of his father Paco senior, RIP.
Now today at 19.00PM GMT+1 time Valencia CF will have the last match of the preseason and with that being the final match before La Liga kicks off hopefully on 21st of August and the strike nonsense is being worked out.
Valencia CF won the last match against Roma on home soil and had the nice presentation of the players. According to reports Guaita, Mata and Albelda got the biggest cheers from the crowd.
Valencia CF squad:
Goalkeepers: Diego Alves and Vicente Guaita
Defense: Bruno Saltor, Miguel Brito, Ricardo Costa, Angel Dealbert, Adil Rami, Jeremy Mathieu, Jordi Alba.
Midfield: Mehmet Topal, David Albelda, Ever Banega, Hedwiges Maduro, Alberto Tino Costa, Pablo Hernandez, Sofiane Feghouli, Juan Bernat, Pablo Piatti, Juan Mata, Daniel Parejo.
Attack: Aritz Aduriz, Jonas Goncalves and Roberto Soldado.
Now today at 19.00PM GMT+1 time Valencia CF will have the last match of the preseason and with that being the final match before La Liga kicks off hopefully on 21st of August and the strike nonsense is being worked out.
Valencia CF won the last match against Roma on home soil and had the nice presentation of the players. According to reports Guaita, Mata and Albelda got the biggest cheers from the crowd.
Valencia CF squad:
Goalkeepers: Diego Alves and Vicente Guaita
Defense: Bruno Saltor, Miguel Brito, Ricardo Costa, Angel Dealbert, Adil Rami, Jeremy Mathieu, Jordi Alba.
Midfield: Mehmet Topal, David Albelda, Ever Banega, Hedwiges Maduro, Alberto Tino Costa, Pablo Hernandez, Sofiane Feghouli, Juan Bernat, Pablo Piatti, Juan Mata, Daniel Parejo.
Attack: Aritz Aduriz, Jonas Goncalves and Roberto Soldado.
UD Almeria vs Valencia CF - Match Preview
First let me give support for Paco for the loss of his father Paco senior, RIP.
Now today at 19.00PM GMT+1 time Valencia CF will have the last match of the preseason and with that being the final match before La Liga kicks off hopefully on 21st of August and the strike nonsense is being worked out.
Valencia CF won the last match against Roma on home soil and had the nice presentation of the players. According to reports Guaita, Mata and Albelda got the biggest cheers from the crowd.
Valencia CF squad:
Goalkeepers: Diego Alves and Vicente Guaita
Defense: Bruno Saltor, Miguel Brito, Ricardo Costa, Angel Dealbert, Adil Rami, Jeremy Mathieu, Jordi Alba.
Midfield: Mehmet Topal, David Albelda, Ever Banega, Hedwiges Maduro, Alberto Tino Costa, Pablo Hernandez, Sofiane Feghouli, Juan Bernat, Pablo Piatti, Juan Mata, Daniel Parejo.
Attack: Aritz Aduriz, Jonas Goncalves and Roberto Soldado.
Now today at 19.00PM GMT+1 time Valencia CF will have the last match of the preseason and with that being the final match before La Liga kicks off hopefully on 21st of August and the strike nonsense is being worked out.
Valencia CF won the last match against Roma on home soil and had the nice presentation of the players. According to reports Guaita, Mata and Albelda got the biggest cheers from the crowd.
Valencia CF squad:
Goalkeepers: Diego Alves and Vicente Guaita
Defense: Bruno Saltor, Miguel Brito, Ricardo Costa, Angel Dealbert, Adil Rami, Jeremy Mathieu, Jordi Alba.
Midfield: Mehmet Topal, David Albelda, Ever Banega, Hedwiges Maduro, Alberto Tino Costa, Pablo Hernandez, Sofiane Feghouli, Juan Bernat, Pablo Piatti, Juan Mata, Daniel Parejo.
Attack: Aritz Aduriz, Jonas Goncalves and Roberto Soldado.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Valencia CF 3-0 AS Roma - Match Report
This was the presentation match played in Valencia in the Mestalla in front of the home crowd and basically a must win match for Valencia CF. The team did not disapoint and disposed AS Roma by 3 goals to zero.
The first ten minutes of the match both sides we fighting for possession with Roma having more of the possession, but Valencia being more dangerous from the flanks. Pablo especially was cousing the Romans some trouble down the right flank.
On the other side though Alba would send a cross that barely missed Piatti on the far post in the 14th minute of the match and Bernat and Alba would link up well, but fail to create a scoring opportunity. Soldado would take things into his own I guess it would be legs and steal a ball from the Roma defender and passing it into Pablo Hernandez who passed the ball towards the incoming Piatti, but it would be Roma's defender Federico Viviani that would score an own goal.
From there on Valencia would threaten quite a lot and there were several half chances on both flanks. Pablo would once again be in the midst of the proceedings in the 29th minute as he surged down the right flank and passed the ball to the lone Piatti, but Piatti shot at the goalkeeper.
Then after a Roma attack failed, Dealbert would pass the ball to Piatti and this one sprinted forward, came in a clearing and passed the ball towards Soldado and he would make it 2-0 for Valencia CF.
From there on the chances for Valencia would keep coming, with Soldado stealing the ball from a Roma defender once more, but ultimately the first half would finish 2-0.
Second half started with Roma putting more pressure the first ten minutes and seemed as they would make a comeback which culminated in Bojan hitting the bar in the 54th minute, but Piatti, Bernat and Pablo would make a stop to that with their constant runs from the flanks and put Roma on the defensive.
Valencia then had the following 12 minutes of play with dangerous plays from Piatti, Pablo, Soldado and Bernat when the substitutions started happening in the 63rd minute and the tempo of the game changed.
The substitutions would do good with Banega, Mathieu and Mata combining well on the left wing and creating an opportunity, then Mata would have a free run, but only to lob the ball over Roma defense, but also over Jonas.
The Paco Alcacer would come on for Soldado and almost immediately score a goal after Jonas played a good through ball to Mathieu and this one provided the cross to Paco.
Ultimatelly it was a great match from Valencia CF in which we really saw the attacking powers of our team, even though the defense is still probably our weakest link.
Technical details:
Valencia CF (3): Alves, Bruno, Rami, Dealbert, Alba; Albelda, Tino Costa, Pablo, Bernat, Piatti y Soldado. También jugaron Banega, Parejo, Topal, Jonas, Mata, Mathieu, Miguel, Maduro, Ricardo Costa, Alcácer.
AS Roma (0): Lobont, Rossi, Burdisso, Heinze, Jose Ángel; Viviani, Pizarro, Perrotta; Borriello, Bojan y Totti. También jugaron Verre, De Cesare, Cassetti, Stekelenburg, Taddei, Antei, Caprari, Okaka, Simplicio.
Goals: 1-0, m.20: Viviani (o.g); 2-0, m.36 Soldado; 3-0, m.83 Alcácer.
Player Ratings:
Diego 6 - Good performance by Diego, wasn't tested too much, but dealt with what came towards him well.
Bruno 5.5 - Wasn't too much troubled at the back and went forward quite enough to support Pablo.
Rami 6 - Destroys the opposition play before they begin an action and dealt well with who he marked.
Dealbert 6 - Had a bit of a mistake early on and then gave away a ball needlessly, but also marshaled the penalty area with conviction.
Alba 6 - Involved in a lot of the actions forward and did well defensively as well.
Albelda 5.5 - Covered well for the defense, but other than that was pretty much inactive.
Tino Costa 6 - Wasn't very influential at all, had a few good runs and passes, but didn't contribute much in attack, but did well defensively.
Pablo 7.5 - Great game from Pablo with an early shot, some great passes and crosses and was dangerous throughout the match.
Piatti 8.5 - Man of the match performance from Piatti. Run tirelesly all night, provided numerous passes and crosses in the penalty area, found himself in dangerous positions all the time, provided an assist and forced an own goal from a Roma defender.
Bernat 7 - Each week he gets better and better and with his pace and agility caused problems for Roma all match long. Linked up well with Piatti and Alba.
Soldado 7.5 - Great performance, stole two balls from the defenders, one lead to the first goal, the second one not so much, but was very involved and active in the game, some great movement and link up play with Piatti and Pablo.
Subs:
Parejo 5.5 - Had an amazing pass towards Bernat I think and with what time he got was pretty good overall.
Topal 5.5 - Made few clean tackles and won the ball back, did well in what time he got.
Banega 5.5 Wasn't as impressive as the last match, had 2 or 3 silly passes, but also did well on the left when he provided cover for Mathieu and Mata.
Mathieu 6.5 - Great match by Mathieu, provided an assist and defended great on his side.
Miguel 5 - Had little time to do anything right or wrong.
Jonas 5.5 - Provided a great pass to Mathieu that lead to the 3rd goal. Otherwise decent in the time he had.
Mata 5.5 - Decent performance by VCF most valued player, had few passes and crosses, but did not have enough time to do much.
Maduro 5 - Not enough time
Costa 5 - Not enough time
Paco 6 - Came in and scored a goal within few minutes. Great start for Paco.
The first ten minutes of the match both sides we fighting for possession with Roma having more of the possession, but Valencia being more dangerous from the flanks. Pablo especially was cousing the Romans some trouble down the right flank.
On the other side though Alba would send a cross that barely missed Piatti on the far post in the 14th minute of the match and Bernat and Alba would link up well, but fail to create a scoring opportunity. Soldado would take things into his own I guess it would be legs and steal a ball from the Roma defender and passing it into Pablo Hernandez who passed the ball towards the incoming Piatti, but it would be Roma's defender Federico Viviani that would score an own goal.
From there on Valencia would threaten quite a lot and there were several half chances on both flanks. Pablo would once again be in the midst of the proceedings in the 29th minute as he surged down the right flank and passed the ball to the lone Piatti, but Piatti shot at the goalkeeper.
Then after a Roma attack failed, Dealbert would pass the ball to Piatti and this one sprinted forward, came in a clearing and passed the ball towards Soldado and he would make it 2-0 for Valencia CF.
From there on the chances for Valencia would keep coming, with Soldado stealing the ball from a Roma defender once more, but ultimately the first half would finish 2-0.
Second half started with Roma putting more pressure the first ten minutes and seemed as they would make a comeback which culminated in Bojan hitting the bar in the 54th minute, but Piatti, Bernat and Pablo would make a stop to that with their constant runs from the flanks and put Roma on the defensive.
Valencia then had the following 12 minutes of play with dangerous plays from Piatti, Pablo, Soldado and Bernat when the substitutions started happening in the 63rd minute and the tempo of the game changed.
The substitutions would do good with Banega, Mathieu and Mata combining well on the left wing and creating an opportunity, then Mata would have a free run, but only to lob the ball over Roma defense, but also over Jonas.
The Paco Alcacer would come on for Soldado and almost immediately score a goal after Jonas played a good through ball to Mathieu and this one provided the cross to Paco.
Ultimatelly it was a great match from Valencia CF in which we really saw the attacking powers of our team, even though the defense is still probably our weakest link.
Technical details:
Valencia CF (3): Alves, Bruno, Rami, Dealbert, Alba; Albelda, Tino Costa, Pablo, Bernat, Piatti y Soldado. También jugaron Banega, Parejo, Topal, Jonas, Mata, Mathieu, Miguel, Maduro, Ricardo Costa, Alcácer.
AS Roma (0): Lobont, Rossi, Burdisso, Heinze, Jose Ángel; Viviani, Pizarro, Perrotta; Borriello, Bojan y Totti. También jugaron Verre, De Cesare, Cassetti, Stekelenburg, Taddei, Antei, Caprari, Okaka, Simplicio.
Goals: 1-0, m.20: Viviani (o.g); 2-0, m.36 Soldado; 3-0, m.83 Alcácer.
Player Ratings:
Diego 6 - Good performance by Diego, wasn't tested too much, but dealt with what came towards him well.
Bruno 5.5 - Wasn't too much troubled at the back and went forward quite enough to support Pablo.
Rami 6 - Destroys the opposition play before they begin an action and dealt well with who he marked.
Dealbert 6 - Had a bit of a mistake early on and then gave away a ball needlessly, but also marshaled the penalty area with conviction.
Alba 6 - Involved in a lot of the actions forward and did well defensively as well.
Albelda 5.5 - Covered well for the defense, but other than that was pretty much inactive.
Tino Costa 6 - Wasn't very influential at all, had a few good runs and passes, but didn't contribute much in attack, but did well defensively.
Pablo 7.5 - Great game from Pablo with an early shot, some great passes and crosses and was dangerous throughout the match.
Piatti 8.5 - Man of the match performance from Piatti. Run tirelesly all night, provided numerous passes and crosses in the penalty area, found himself in dangerous positions all the time, provided an assist and forced an own goal from a Roma defender.
Bernat 7 - Each week he gets better and better and with his pace and agility caused problems for Roma all match long. Linked up well with Piatti and Alba.
Soldado 7.5 - Great performance, stole two balls from the defenders, one lead to the first goal, the second one not so much, but was very involved and active in the game, some great movement and link up play with Piatti and Pablo.
Subs:
Parejo 5.5 - Had an amazing pass towards Bernat I think and with what time he got was pretty good overall.
Topal 5.5 - Made few clean tackles and won the ball back, did well in what time he got.
Banega 5.5 Wasn't as impressive as the last match, had 2 or 3 silly passes, but also did well on the left when he provided cover for Mathieu and Mata.
Mathieu 6.5 - Great match by Mathieu, provided an assist and defended great on his side.
Miguel 5 - Had little time to do anything right or wrong.
Jonas 5.5 - Provided a great pass to Mathieu that lead to the 3rd goal. Otherwise decent in the time he had.
Mata 5.5 - Decent performance by VCF most valued player, had few passes and crosses, but did not have enough time to do much.
Maduro 5 - Not enough time
Costa 5 - Not enough time
Paco 6 - Came in and scored a goal within few minutes. Great start for Paco.
Valencia CF 3-0 AS Roma - Match Report
This was the presentation match played in Valencia in the Mestalla in front of the home crowd and basically a must win match for Valencia CF. The team did not disapoint and disposed AS Roma by 3 goals to zero.
The first ten minutes of the match both sides we fighting for possession with Roma having more of the possession, but Valencia being more dangerous from the flanks. Pablo especially was cousing the Romans some trouble down the right flank.
On the other side though Alba would send a cross that barely missed Piatti on the far post in the 14th minute of the match and Bernat and Alba would link up well, but fail to create a scoring opportunity. Soldado would take things into his own I guess it would be legs and steal a ball from the Roma defender and passing it into Pablo Hernandez who passed the ball towards the incoming Piatti, but it would be Roma's defender Federico Viviani that would score an own goal.
From there on Valencia would threaten quite a lot and there were several half chances on both flanks. Pablo would once again be in the midst of the proceedings in the 29th minute as he surged down the right flank and passed the ball to the lone Piatti, but Piatti shot at the goalkeeper.
Then after a Roma attack failed, Dealbert would pass the ball to Piatti and this one sprinted forward, came in a clearing and passed the ball towards Soldado and he would make it 2-0 for Valencia CF.
From there on the chances for Valencia would keep coming, with Soldado stealing the ball from a Roma defender once more, but ultimately the first half would finish 2-0.
Second half started with Roma putting more pressure the first ten minutes and seemed as they would make a comeback which culminated in Bojan hitting the bar in the 54th minute, but Piatti, Bernat and Pablo would make a stop to that with their constant runs from the flanks and put Roma on the defensive.
Valencia then had the following 12 minutes of play with dangerous plays from Piatti, Pablo, Soldado and Bernat when the substitutions started happening in the 63rd minute and the tempo of the game changed.
The substitutions would do good with Banega, Mathieu and Mata combining well on the left wing and creating an opportunity, then Mata would have a free run, but only to lob the ball over Roma defense, but also over Jonas.
The Paco Alcacer would come on for Soldado and almost immediately score a goal after Jonas played a good through ball to Mathieu and this one provided the cross to Paco.
Ultimatelly it was a great match from Valencia CF in which we really saw the attacking powers of our team, even though the defense is still probably our weakest link.
Technical details:
Valencia CF (3): Alves, Bruno, Rami, Dealbert, Alba; Albelda, Tino Costa, Pablo, Bernat, Piatti y Soldado. También jugaron Banega, Parejo, Topal, Jonas, Mata, Mathieu, Miguel, Maduro, Ricardo Costa, Alcácer.
AS Roma (0): Lobont, Rossi, Burdisso, Heinze, Jose Ángel; Viviani, Pizarro, Perrotta; Borriello, Bojan y Totti. También jugaron Verre, De Cesare, Cassetti, Stekelenburg, Taddei, Antei, Caprari, Okaka, Simplicio.
Goals: 1-0, m.20: Viviani (o.g); 2-0, m.36 Soldado; 3-0, m.83 Alcácer.
Player Ratings:
Diego 6 - Good performance by Diego, wasn't tested too much, but dealt with what came towards him well.
Bruno 5.5 - Wasn't too much troubled at the back and went forward quite enough to support Pablo.
Rami 6 - Destroys the opposition play before they begin an action and dealt well with who he marked.
Dealbert 6 - Had a bit of a mistake early on and then gave away a ball needlessly, but also marshaled the penalty area with conviction.
Alba 6 - Involved in a lot of the actions forward and did well defensively as well.
Albelda 5.5 - Covered well for the defense, but other than that was pretty much inactive.
Tino Costa 6 - Wasn't very influential at all, had a few good runs and passes, but didn't contribute much in attack, but did well defensively.
Pablo 7.5 - Great game from Pablo with an early shot, some great passes and crosses and was dangerous throughout the match.
Piatti 8.5 - Man of the match performance from Piatti. Run tirelesly all night, provided numerous passes and crosses in the penalty area, found himself in dangerous positions all the time, provided an assist and forced an own goal from a Roma defender.
Bernat 7 - Each week he gets better and better and with his pace and agility caused problems for Roma all match long. Linked up well with Piatti and Alba.
Soldado 7.5 - Great performance, stole two balls from the defenders, one lead to the first goal, the second one not so much, but was very involved and active in the game, some great movement and link up play with Piatti and Pablo.
Subs:
Parejo 5.5 - Had an amazing pass towards Bernat I think and with what time he got was pretty good overall.
Topal 5.5 - Made few clean tackles and won the ball back, did well in what time he got.
Banega 5.5 Wasn't as impressive as the last match, had 2 or 3 silly passes, but also did well on the left when he provided cover for Mathieu and Mata.
Mathieu 6.5 - Great match by Mathieu, provided an assist and defended great on his side.
Miguel 5 - Had little time to do anything right or wrong.
Jonas 5.5 - Provided a great pass to Mathieu that lead to the 3rd goal. Otherwise decent in the time he had.
Mata 5.5 - Decent performance by VCF most valued player, had few passes and crosses, but did not have enough time to do much.
Maduro 5 - Not enough time
Costa 5 - Not enough time
Paco 6 - Came in and scored a goal within few minutes. Great start for Paco.
The first ten minutes of the match both sides we fighting for possession with Roma having more of the possession, but Valencia being more dangerous from the flanks. Pablo especially was cousing the Romans some trouble down the right flank.
On the other side though Alba would send a cross that barely missed Piatti on the far post in the 14th minute of the match and Bernat and Alba would link up well, but fail to create a scoring opportunity. Soldado would take things into his own I guess it would be legs and steal a ball from the Roma defender and passing it into Pablo Hernandez who passed the ball towards the incoming Piatti, but it would be Roma's defender Federico Viviani that would score an own goal.
From there on Valencia would threaten quite a lot and there were several half chances on both flanks. Pablo would once again be in the midst of the proceedings in the 29th minute as he surged down the right flank and passed the ball to the lone Piatti, but Piatti shot at the goalkeeper.
Then after a Roma attack failed, Dealbert would pass the ball to Piatti and this one sprinted forward, came in a clearing and passed the ball towards Soldado and he would make it 2-0 for Valencia CF.
From there on the chances for Valencia would keep coming, with Soldado stealing the ball from a Roma defender once more, but ultimately the first half would finish 2-0.
Second half started with Roma putting more pressure the first ten minutes and seemed as they would make a comeback which culminated in Bojan hitting the bar in the 54th minute, but Piatti, Bernat and Pablo would make a stop to that with their constant runs from the flanks and put Roma on the defensive.
Valencia then had the following 12 minutes of play with dangerous plays from Piatti, Pablo, Soldado and Bernat when the substitutions started happening in the 63rd minute and the tempo of the game changed.
The substitutions would do good with Banega, Mathieu and Mata combining well on the left wing and creating an opportunity, then Mata would have a free run, but only to lob the ball over Roma defense, but also over Jonas.
The Paco Alcacer would come on for Soldado and almost immediately score a goal after Jonas played a good through ball to Mathieu and this one provided the cross to Paco.
Ultimatelly it was a great match from Valencia CF in which we really saw the attacking powers of our team, even though the defense is still probably our weakest link.
Technical details:
Valencia CF (3): Alves, Bruno, Rami, Dealbert, Alba; Albelda, Tino Costa, Pablo, Bernat, Piatti y Soldado. También jugaron Banega, Parejo, Topal, Jonas, Mata, Mathieu, Miguel, Maduro, Ricardo Costa, Alcácer.
AS Roma (0): Lobont, Rossi, Burdisso, Heinze, Jose Ángel; Viviani, Pizarro, Perrotta; Borriello, Bojan y Totti. También jugaron Verre, De Cesare, Cassetti, Stekelenburg, Taddei, Antei, Caprari, Okaka, Simplicio.
Goals: 1-0, m.20: Viviani (o.g); 2-0, m.36 Soldado; 3-0, m.83 Alcácer.
Player Ratings:
Diego 6 - Good performance by Diego, wasn't tested too much, but dealt with what came towards him well.
Bruno 5.5 - Wasn't too much troubled at the back and went forward quite enough to support Pablo.
Rami 6 - Destroys the opposition play before they begin an action and dealt well with who he marked.
Dealbert 6 - Had a bit of a mistake early on and then gave away a ball needlessly, but also marshaled the penalty area with conviction.
Alba 6 - Involved in a lot of the actions forward and did well defensively as well.
Albelda 5.5 - Covered well for the defense, but other than that was pretty much inactive.
Tino Costa 6 - Wasn't very influential at all, had a few good runs and passes, but didn't contribute much in attack, but did well defensively.
Pablo 7.5 - Great game from Pablo with an early shot, some great passes and crosses and was dangerous throughout the match.
Piatti 8.5 - Man of the match performance from Piatti. Run tirelesly all night, provided numerous passes and crosses in the penalty area, found himself in dangerous positions all the time, provided an assist and forced an own goal from a Roma defender.
Bernat 7 - Each week he gets better and better and with his pace and agility caused problems for Roma all match long. Linked up well with Piatti and Alba.
Soldado 7.5 - Great performance, stole two balls from the defenders, one lead to the first goal, the second one not so much, but was very involved and active in the game, some great movement and link up play with Piatti and Pablo.
Subs:
Parejo 5.5 - Had an amazing pass towards Bernat I think and with what time he got was pretty good overall.
Topal 5.5 - Made few clean tackles and won the ball back, did well in what time he got.
Banega 5.5 Wasn't as impressive as the last match, had 2 or 3 silly passes, but also did well on the left when he provided cover for Mathieu and Mata.
Mathieu 6.5 - Great match by Mathieu, provided an assist and defended great on his side.
Miguel 5 - Had little time to do anything right or wrong.
Jonas 5.5 - Provided a great pass to Mathieu that lead to the 3rd goal. Otherwise decent in the time he had.
Mata 5.5 - Decent performance by VCF most valued player, had few passes and crosses, but did not have enough time to do much.
Maduro 5 - Not enough time
Costa 5 - Not enough time
Paco 6 - Came in and scored a goal within few minutes. Great start for Paco.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Valencia CF vs AS Roma - Match Preview
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls this is it. Valencia CF is going to play the final preparation match tomorrow against Roma in the Mestalla for the trophy Naranja. This is the first match the home fans are going to watch the team and is going to be a representation of sort for the new players, as well as the official numbers and captains.
Now when I say final match, its not actually the last match, since Valencia CF is going to play against Almeria just 2 days later as has been agreed in the purchase of Pablo Piatti. Even though Valencia CF is going to play just 2 days later this is going to be the important match as Unai Emery is likely to field the strongest eleven on the pitch, play great and win in order to attract more fans for the upcoming season.
AS Roma has gone through a lot of restructuring recently with the change of ownership this year and the end of the Sensi family presidential reign which has spawned since 1993. The new owner is Thomas Richard DiBenedetto along with Unicredit who now own 67% of the shares of Roma in a 60-40% deal between the parties.
AS Roma have brought in Luis Enrique former Barcelona player and previous Barcelona B side coach as a new coach and new signings Erik Lamela and Bojan Krkic.
Roma's preseason has been a mixed bag and although they've won 4 out of their 5 matches, all but the one they've lost have been against a lot weaker sides. The one decent competition in PSG and they lost 3-0, so this match against Valencia is going to probably be their sternest test so far.
Roma results:
Vasas 0-1 Roma
Roma 1-0 Wacker
Roma 0-3 PSG
Roma 3-0 Sud Tirol
Roma 10-0 Brunico
Valencia CF has been a little bit more convincing, but stupid individual mistakes have cost the team so much, just as we saw in the last match against Liverpool where they won 2-0 because of individual mistakes by David Albelda and Angel Dealbert. So some matches have been great, while other very poor, so I'm keen to see how we play tomorrow against Roma and whether Valencia CF is competitive enough to challenge for at least Copa Del Ray honors.
The training has been going well with a lot of different practices and routines. From defensive training to technique, offensive moves, tactics and just physical strength it has it all, but will it all come together for some great team performance? I sure hope so and winning against Roma is going to be a good place to show it all.
Valencia CF squad:
Goalkeepers: Diego Alves and Guaita.
Defense: Miguel, Bruno, Dealbert, R.Costa, Jordi Alba, Mathieu.
Midfield: Maduro, Tino Costa, Banega, Albelda, Topal, Feghouli, Juan Bernat, Pablo, Piatti and Parejo.
Attack: Paco, Jonas and Soldado.
Technical Details:
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Line-up: Diego; Miguel, Rami, Costa, Mathieu; Feghuoli, Topal, Tino, Piatti, Parejo; Soldado.
Tactics: mixed passing, high opposing field pressure, 3-way attack and positional changes from the wings, interchanging with the CM and AM
Now when I say final match, its not actually the last match, since Valencia CF is going to play against Almeria just 2 days later as has been agreed in the purchase of Pablo Piatti. Even though Valencia CF is going to play just 2 days later this is going to be the important match as Unai Emery is likely to field the strongest eleven on the pitch, play great and win in order to attract more fans for the upcoming season.
AS Roma has gone through a lot of restructuring recently with the change of ownership this year and the end of the Sensi family presidential reign which has spawned since 1993. The new owner is Thomas Richard DiBenedetto along with Unicredit who now own 67% of the shares of Roma in a 60-40% deal between the parties.
AS Roma have brought in Luis Enrique former Barcelona player and previous Barcelona B side coach as a new coach and new signings Erik Lamela and Bojan Krkic.
Roma's preseason has been a mixed bag and although they've won 4 out of their 5 matches, all but the one they've lost have been against a lot weaker sides. The one decent competition in PSG and they lost 3-0, so this match against Valencia is going to probably be their sternest test so far.
Roma results:
Vasas 0-1 Roma
Roma 1-0 Wacker
Roma 0-3 PSG
Roma 3-0 Sud Tirol
Roma 10-0 Brunico
Valencia CF has been a little bit more convincing, but stupid individual mistakes have cost the team so much, just as we saw in the last match against Liverpool where they won 2-0 because of individual mistakes by David Albelda and Angel Dealbert. So some matches have been great, while other very poor, so I'm keen to see how we play tomorrow against Roma and whether Valencia CF is competitive enough to challenge for at least Copa Del Ray honors.
The training has been going well with a lot of different practices and routines. From defensive training to technique, offensive moves, tactics and just physical strength it has it all, but will it all come together for some great team performance? I sure hope so and winning against Roma is going to be a good place to show it all.
Valencia CF squad:
Goalkeepers: Diego Alves and Guaita.
Defense: Miguel, Bruno, Dealbert, R.Costa, Jordi Alba, Mathieu.
Midfield: Maduro, Tino Costa, Banega, Albelda, Topal, Feghouli, Juan Bernat, Pablo, Piatti and Parejo.
Attack: Paco, Jonas and Soldado.
Technical Details:
Formation: 4-2-3-1
Line-up: Diego; Miguel, Rami, Costa, Mathieu; Feghuoli, Topal, Tino, Piatti, Parejo; Soldado.
Tactics: mixed passing, high opposing field pressure, 3-way attack and positional changes from the wings, interchanging with the CM and AM
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