July + August Update
Pre-Season:
Valencia CF seem to be enjoying a good pre-season under new manager Jake Wadsworth, winning all but 1 of their 10 pre-season games, including some high scoring thrillers:
Valencia 5 - 1 Valencia Mestalla
Cartagena 0 - 1 Valencia
Cagliari 0 - 1 Valencia
Guijiero 0 - 1 Valencia
Mouscron 1 - 3 Valencia
Girona 0 - 0 Valencia
Cordoba 0 - 4 Valencia
Valencia 5 - 0 Vilafranca
24th July
*BREAKING NEWS*
After much speculation, we can confirm that a deal has been agreed for Parma's Central Midfielder McDonald Mariga, which will see him come to the Mestalla for a fee of £4.1 Million pounds, much of which will be payed over the next 48 months. A long battle went on with Manchester City for the Kenyan International's signature but Mariga has chose to sign for Los Che, feeling he can achieve much more there. Manager Jake Wadsworth is delighted to be able to welcome McDonald to the club, seeing him as a potential World Class player in the future.
20th August
Valencia's first competitive encounter of the season see's them face Stabekk Fotbal in Fourth Round Qualifying tie for a place in the Europa League. The first leg see's Valencia travel to Norway to take on Stabekk:
After a widely contested midfield battle, David Villa put us ahead, but they equalised midway through the second half, seeing the tie finish 1-1:
Stabekk Fotball 1 - 1
Valencia
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Villa - Nannskog)
Man Of The Match:
David Villa (Valencia)
24th August
*BREAKING NEWS*
We can today confirm that a deal has been agreed between Sevilla and Valencia for widely known Striker Luis Fabiano, reports suggest that the fee is around £24.5 Million pounds, a deal which Sevilla could not turn down. Most of the fee will be payed over the next 48 months in installments. Fans of Valencia are delight that manager Jake Wadsworth has been able to acquire such a well known Striker. Wadsworth said, "Luis is a world class striker, and I am delighted that he has agreed to play for us, I hope to make him an integral part of the team"
27th August
Today saw Stabekk Fotball travel to the Mestalla for the 2nd leg of their 4th round qualifying tie with Valencia, with the 1st leg finishing 1-1.
The home advantage looked to be the good omen for Valencia in this tie, as they hammered Stabekk to qualify for the Europa League. A record breaking goal after 19 seconds from Nikola Zigic saw Valencia on their way to victory with Davud Villa providing a 2nd just after half time. Frustration got the better of Stabekk's Veigar Pall Gunnarson as he saw red on 80 minutes for a dangerous challenge on McDonald Mariga. Valencia go through 3-1 on aggreagate though and their hunt for european glory goes on.
Valencia 2 - 0 Stabekk Fotball
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Zigic, Villa)
Man Of The Match:
Nikola Zigic (Valencia)
Start Of The La Liga season:
30th August
Valencia's campaign saw them start off with a difficult challenge away to league favourites Real Madrid.
An upset looked possible when David Villa gave Valencia a 1-0 half-time lead with a well struck goal, he then doubled his and Valencia's tally with a 2nd goal before Ruben Baraja sealed the win with a late goal.
I was very happy with the result, didn't expect it at all.
La Liga
Real Madrid 0 - 3
Valencia
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David Villa [2], Baraja)
MOTM:
David Villa (Valencia)
League Position: 3rd
31st August
Today saw the close of the transfer window, I was pleased with my 2 signings and dont regret offloading any of the players I did.
good luck mate