Valencia - Los Che Rise From The Depths

[Deano]

March


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[FONT=&quot]La Liga: Fixture Week 27 Mallorca – HOME

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

Valencia CF 2 (Mata 29, Villa 81) Mallorca 0​

“We controlled the game from start to finish and once again we showed a lethal touch to our finishing, we contained the ball really well and made them chase a lot. We took our chances when they came, can’t ask for more.”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: Juan Manuel Mata – 7.8

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[FONT=&quot]Europa League 2nd Knockout Round Leg 1 Rangers - HOME

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Valencia CF 4 (Mata 16, Villa 39, 70, 82) Rangers 2[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]“Really pleased, there was a great atmosphere to the game and credit to Rangers, they came out and attacked us which made it an open game and they’re certainly not out of it thanks to that late goal, we can’t be complacent because 2 goals could do it for them and they proved today the can score that against us.”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: David Villa – 9.4

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[FONT=&quot]Real Madrid Vs Valencia CF[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]We Love Being The Underdogs!
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[FONT=&quot]The biggest in game in Spain this week is no doubt the tie at the Bernabeu, its 2nd vs 3rd today and bookies favour Madrid due to them being on home soil and having a “stronger” team. But many feel Valencia could indeed get something from this game including Valencia manager Dean Neeson who believes his team thrive off being underdogs.[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]“We love it. It takes the pressure off and we can play the way we want to, we’ll be going to approach this game in a different way and this might surprise some people, but I feel we have a chance of walking away with a win today.”

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[FONT=&quot]Key Man Watch

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[FONT=&quot]Cristiano Ronaldo[/FONT]​

The world’s most expensive player ever has notched up 14 goals and 17 assists this season and is always a danger; he is considered by some to be the very best in the world and is sure to cause Valencia problems.

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David Villa​

The Spanish hitman has been even better than his ever prolific self, he is running away with the La Liga goalscoring charts and has by far and away scored the most goals any player has scored in spain. Madrid need to be wary of the clinical striker.

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[FONT=&quot]La Liga: Fixture Week 28 Real Madrid – AWAY

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

Real Madrid 0 Valencia CF 1 (Hernandez 66)​

“They’ve battered us today but they just couldn’t score, we were defending most of the game and didn’t get up much at all, we contained them a lot better in the second half and fortunately Pablo (Hernandez) took his chance when it came, huge win. Up to 2nd!”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: Miguel Angel Moya – 7.9[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]Europa League 2nd Knockout Round Leg 2 Rangers - AWAY

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Rangers 2 Valencia CF 2 (Banega 4, Villa 13)
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[FONT=&quot]“We didn’t play well today and we are disappointed to have let a two goal lead slip but we were never in danger of being in a situation where we weren’t going to go through and I’m pleased with the result and we can go through pleased with our efforts.”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: Miguel Angel Moya – 7.7

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[FONT=&quot]La Liga: Fixture Week 29 Barcelona – HOME

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

Valencia CF 2 (Mata 6, Buonanotte 90 + 1) Barcelona 2​

“We did really well in the first half and were delighted being 1-0 up but we were very poor in the second half and never really got going and this allowed them to come back in and then take the lead. I’m pleased with the intensity of our play which we showed in the last 15 minutes, our tempo caused them a lot of problems and Diego (Buonanotte) managed to ****** us a draw. We are becoming the late show specialists.”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: Juan Manuel Mata – 8.1

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[FONT=&quot]La Liga: Fixture Week 30 Sevilla – AWAY

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Sevilla 1 Valencia CF 2 (Mata 1, Villa 72)[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]“We rode out luck a lot at times during the game and they could have easily scored a couple of times but we dug in deep and got deserved winner, we’ve been in fantastic form and this has been another great win for us, it’s been a great month in general.”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: Juan Manuel Mata – 7.7

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[FONT=&quot]March Round Up

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[FONT=&quot]“It’s been a great month for us, we’ve got through to the quarter finals of the Europa League to play Aston Villa and we have continued our exceptional league form from last month and have managed to get into 2nd place. The win at Madrid the big bonus to a great month”

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[FONT=&quot]League Position:[/FONT][FONT=&quot] 2nd (30 Games)[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Europa League: Quarter Finals:[/FONT][FONT=&quot] (Aston Villa)[/FONT]​

 

[Deleted member 79730]

your doing amazing keep it up mate

 

[Deano]

thanks alot mate

 

[lil_roller]

Good too see Hernandez scoring winner Vs madrid

 

[MauroFM]

awesome.
keep up the good work

 

[Deano]

April

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[FONT=&quot]Europa League Quarter Final Leg 1 Aston Villa - HOME

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Valencia CF 4 (Villa 3, 45, 54, Friedel 0g 21) Aston Villa 2[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]“I’m pleased with the result, we’re obviously disappointed to concede two goals at home but we put on a through good, attacking display and we cut them open many times, we could have scored 7 or 8, hopefully it will not come back to haunt us”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: David Villa – 9.3

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[FONT=&quot]La Liga: Fixture Week 31 Tenerife – AWAY

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Tenerife 1 Valencia CF 2 (Villa 9, Silva 45 + 3)[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]“We had to dig in deep and they gave a proper spirited display in the second half and we had to cope with a bit of pressure, but we managed okay and managed to hang on to another win for us and we can move on from here happy.”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: David Silva – 8.0

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[FONT=&quot]Europa League Quarter Final Leg 2 Aston Villa - AWAY

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Aston Villa 1 Valencia CF 0[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]“We didn’t play well today but neither did they to be honest, we contained them well throughout and tried to hit them on the counter. They had more of the ball but we knew what we had to do and we limited them thoroughly. Obviously I would have liked to have won but we are through.”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: Nikolas Otamendi– 7.5

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[FONT=&quot]La Liga: Fixture Week 32 Deportivo – HOME

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Valencia CF 4 (Villa 1, 40, 72, Fleck 6) Deportivo 1[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]“Delighted today, we stuck to the gameplan and it has paid off, we knew they like to keep it on the ground and we kept pumping the balls into the box and the really couldn’t manage when we were constantly crossing it into David (Villa). Plus John (Fleck) scored his first goal for us today, some goal aswell, 30 yard screamer.”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: David Villa - 9.4[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]La Liga: Fixture Week 33 Racing – HOME[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Valenci CF 2 (Villa pen 39, 85) Racing 1[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]“We scraped through again today, we didn’t play well and that was very disappointing, especially us being at home we didn’t take advantage and thrive off the atmosphere, on another day we could have lost, but we have to count our blessings and take it as a good omen that we have come out wih three points today”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: David Villa - 8.2

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[FONT=&quot]Europa League Semi Final Leg 1 Galatasaray - AWAY

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Galatasaray 2 Valencia CF 1 (Banega 71)[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]“They were better than us and I am extremely upset as we took the lead with 20 mins left and we should have controlled it from there but for some reason we seemed to crumble and switch off, we only have ourselves to blame if we do not make it to the final now.”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: Ever Banega - 7.6

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[FONT=&quot]La Liga: Fixture Week 34 Almeria – HOME

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Almeria 1 Valencia CF 1 (Barilla 77)[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]“Again I’m like a broken record, we’ve really not been playing well and with Barcelona dropping points this was our chance to close the gap and give ourselves a chance but we have failed and I apologise to the fans because they deserved better today.”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: Antonino Barilla - 7.4

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[FONT=&quot]Europa League Semi Final Leg 2 Galatasaray - HOME

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Valencia CF 1 (Pablo Hernandez 56) Galatasaray 0[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]“We played really well today and took the game by the scruff of the neck which is good because we haven’t been doing that in our matches lately and it has been costing us, I’m glad we put that right. Pablo (Hernandez) has a knack for scoring important goals and he’s done it again we’re going to the final!”

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: Juan Manuel Mata– 8.4

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[FONT=&quot]April Round Up[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Europa League News[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Valencia [/FONT][FONT=&quot]CF to play Olympique Lyon in the final of the newly revamped Europa League formerly the UEFA cup. This is the first final since the name change and is set to be the scene of a historic setting, and with both teams enjoying to play attacking football we [/FONT] [FONT=&quot] should have a game on our hands.

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[Deano]

May

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[FONT=&quot]La Liga: Fixture Week 35 Athletic – AWAY

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

Athletic 0 Valencia CF 1 (Villa 38)

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: Alexis – 7.5

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[FONT=&quot]La Liga: Fixture Week 36 Getafe – AWAY

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Getafe 6 Valencia CF 5 (Albelda 8, 38, Villa 29, 40, 50)

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: David Villa – 9.4

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[FONT=&quot]La Liga: Fixture Week 37 Osasuna – HOME

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Valencia CF 4 (Villa 47, 53, 90 + 2, Buonanotte 56) Osasuna 0

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: David Villa – 9.5

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[FONT=&quot]La Liga: Final Fixture Atletico Madrid – HOME

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[FONT=&quot]Result[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]Valencia CF 4 (Villa pen 21, 33, 40, 45 +1) Atletico Madrid 5

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[FONT=&quot]MoM[/FONT][FONT=&quot]: David Villa – 9.5

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[FONT=&quot]Europa League Cup Final
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[FONT=&quot]Tonight Valencia CF take on Olympique Lyon at the HSH-Nordbank-Arena in the German city of Hamburg. Both teams have a wide array of talent and we will be examining the head to heads.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]HEAD2HEADS[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Carlos Marchena Vs Lisandro Lopez[/FONT]​

[FONT=&quot]The former Porto hitman goes head to head with the Valencia skipper tonight, if Valencia are to have any chance Marchena who is the heart of the defence must be on his game to stop the big imposing threat that is Lisandro Lopez.

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[FONT=&quot]David Villa Vs Cris[/FONT]​

If Lyon have any chance of winning tonight the face a very daunting task and that comes in the shape of David Villa. In 59 appearances Villa has notched an incredible 69 goals and not only that he also has 17 assists to his name. Lyon captain Cris needs to be very aware tonight, very aware.


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David Silva Vs Mathieu Bodmer​

Bodmer has proved to be a key part Lyon’s side, his versatility is also a very useful and much praised bonus, Bodmer has the ability to cause Lyon problems with his tenacity alone. David Silva is also a very dangerous man; the Spanish international has the ability to pull the strings in the midfield and has proved this in his 8 goals and 25 assists.


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Game Highlights

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·14 MIN – MATA BEATS OFFSIDE TRAP, HAS GOAL AT HIS MERCY! LYON KEEPER HUGO LLORIS TIPS IT AWAY
·SILVA SWINGS IN THE CORNER
·MARCHENA GETS HIS HEAD TO IT! GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAL!!
·VALENCIA CF 1 LYON 0
·30 MIN – PABLO HERNANDEZ AND MIGUEL EXCHANGE PASSES
·PABLO HERNANDEZ IS ON THE BALL HE CROSSES IT
·BANEGA SHOOTS!
·LLORIS NARROWLY TIPS IT OVER!
·34 MIN – BODMER PLAYS ONE-TWO WITH KIM KALLSTROM
·BODMER FINDS EDERSON
·EDERSON CROSSES THE BALL TOWARDS THE NEAR POST!
·PENALTY! BODMER WAS TRIPPEDBY OTAMENDI
·GOVOU STEPS UP.........GOVOU SCORES!!!!!!!
·VALENCIA CF 1LYON 1
·45 +1 MIN – SUBSTITION: INJURED ANTONINO BARILLA OFF
·NIKOLA ZIGIC TAKES THE FIELD REPLACINGBARILLA
·HALF TIME
·49 MIN–FREEKICK TOVALENCIA APPROX 25 YARDS
·VILLASTEPS UP TO HIT IT....HE HITS THE BAR!
·CRISHITS IT INTO ROW Z
·57 MIN – LLORIS TAKES LONG FREEKICK DOWN THE PITCH
·LISANDRO WINS THE HEADER TO BODMER
·BODMER PICKS OUT GOVOU
·GOVOU SHOOTS..............MOYA SAVES IT BUT IT COMES OUT TO KALLSTROM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
·AND IT’S OVER THE BAR! HOW DID HE MANAGE TO MISS THAT?
·63 MIN – MAKOUN FOULS VILLA BY PULLING ONTO HIS SHIRT
·OTAMENDI SWITCHES THE BALL OUT RIGHT TO PABLO HERNANDEZ
·HERNANDEZ PASSES TO MATA WHO GIVES IT TO DAVID SILVA
·SILVA PICKS OUT A 25 YARD BALL TO VILLA!!
·VILLA ADVANCES WITH THE BALL INTO THE BOX UNCHALLENGED!
·VILLA TAKES THE PLAY INSIDE AND PUTS THE BALL IN THE 6 YARD BOX....
·SILVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
·SILVA SIDE FOOTS IT HOME AND RUNS TO HE FANS
·VALENCIA CF 2 LYON 1
·65 MINS – LYONSWITCH TO A MORE ATTACKING STYLE
·67 MINS – MAKOUN LAUNCHES A BALL TOEDERSONSFEET
·LISANDRO LOPEZBREAKS THE OFFSIDE TRAP AND PICKSUP EDERSONSUPERB BALL!!!
·LISANDRODRIVES THE BALL LOW AND HARD TOWARDS THE GOAL..LISANDRO SCORES!!!!!
·VALENCIA CF 2LYON 2
·BANEGAIS FURIOUS THAT THE GOAL IS ALLOWED TO STAND
·IT IS DUBIOUS TO SAY THE LEAST
·73 MINS – CORNER KICK FOR LYON
·ANTHONY REVEILLERE TAKES IT!
·BODMER BEATS MARCHENA TO THE BALL!
·GREAT PLAY BY BODMER TO FIND THE SPACE
·BODMER FORCED THE BALL GOALWARDS WITH THE HEADER!
·GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! MATHIE BODMER HAS PUT LYON AHEAD!
·VALENCIA CF 2LYON 3
·84 MINS – REFEREE AWARDS FREE KICK TOVALENCIA
·MARCHENAANGLES BALL OUT LEFT TOWARDSMATA
·MATA SPRAYS IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF EVER BANEGA!
·BANEGA PASSES TO VILLA WHO SKINS CRIS LIKE HES NOT THERE!
·VILLA STRIKES FROM NARROW ANGLE!
·BRILLIANT SAVE BY LLORIS! HE JUST KEPT HIS SIDE IN IT!
·88 MINS - BORDON CLEARS THE BALL
·GREAT INTERCEPTION BY VILLA!
·OH NO! HE’LL KICK HIMSELF FOR MISSING THAT! IT WAS EASY!
·90 + 1 MINS –VILLA BRINGS THE BALL FORWARD AND PASSES IT DOWN THE LINE TO MATA
·MATA PLAYS IT PAST REVEILLERE AND AIMS IT AT THE FAR POST!
·ZIGIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BIG SERBIAN HAS DONE IT AGAIN AND THE ATMOSPHERE IS WILD HERE IN HAMBURG, MY MY THE FIRST EUROPA LEAGUE FINAL CERTAINLY IS A GOOD ONE.
·FULL TIME
·EXTRA TIME 1ST HALF
·95 MINS – BANEGASKIPS PAST THE CHALLENGE OFCRIS!
·BUT HE DOESNT CONNECT WELL AND SENDS IT WELL WIDE OF THE GOAL!
·102 MINS – EDERSON STEPS UP TO TAKE A FREEKICK ABOUT 30 YARDS AWAY....EDERSON STRIKES IT!
·OH! JUST A WHISKER WIDE!
·HALF TIME IN EXTRA TIME
·108 MINS – BODMER ANDREVEILLEREGET STANDING OVATIONS AS THEY ARE SUBSTITUTED BYMICHEL BASTOSANDPETITRESPECTIVELY
·111 MINS – EVER BANEGA PICKS THE BALL UP FROM HIS OWN HALF AND ANGLES IT OUT WIDE TOPABLO HERNANDEZ
·PABLO HERNANDEZDOES THE ONE-TWO WITHDAVID SILVA
·HERNANDEZMOVES THE BALL FORWARD! THE CROWD HOLDS ITS BREATH HERE
·HE SPRAYS IT AHEAD OFZIGIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
·HE HAS DONE IT AGAIN! INJURIES HAVE LIMITEDZIGICTO LESS APEARANCE THAN HESHOULD HAVE GOT BUT I DONT THINK HE CARES RIGHT NOW!
·FULL TIME

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Valencia CF win the Europa League after their dramatic 4-3 victory over Lyon. It was an extremely exciting tie and had a lot of chances, Lyon came at us alot and always poses a threat. But every time they had a question we had an answer and I am pleased with the way we went about ourselves, and we showed great strength of character so I’m delighted.


End Of Season Round up
We have had a great season, more ups then downs and we finished with a fantastic point total of 84 points which we are all very proud of. We were fantastic in the league this year and I think next year’ we’ll have an even better chance!
Winning the Europa League was a very nice bonus and we had some really exciting ties in the competition, it will give us the needed experience for the Champions League next year.
David Villa also finished the year with the most outrageous goal tall of 69, along with 17 assists, Villa has had the best season of his life without a doubt, he trumped every goal scorer in Europe this year.

David Silva, Ever Banega, and Juan Manuel Mata also had very good seasons with new signings Nikolas Otamendi and John Fleck showing many signs of promise.

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Final Table


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[Keith]

david villa 69 goals is amazing never seen that before evr

great story aswell so much time and effort put into it well done bud

 

[Deano]

thanks alot mate

 

[Jonte_142]

Haha Villa is pure class 69 goals thats AMAZING

 

[stabak]

villa is sick on fm 10... 14 goals in 8 matches in liga BBVA, played both Real Madrid and Barcelona at Santiago Bernabeu and Nou Camp^^. hat-trick vs madrid and 2 vs Barca

 

[Deano]

awesome mate barce were just too good for me the got 95 points went on a 36 match unbeaten run

I played villa as a poacher in a 451 formation

 

[Parker_Rangers_1873]

how cume against villareal ur badge is the rangers badge ?

 

[rrrrrrrrrr]

Great story m8

 

[MauroFM]

great well done

 

[stabak]

I play 4-2-3-1 with villa as poacher, silva as amc, mata aml and joaquin (spelling) as amr
will get beckham for free and zapata, maybe moutinho also... got a lot for pablo hernandez^^

 

[Jack Fulham]

Great Season, only just really hitched on, you couldn't stop winning towards the end, you did brilliantly to break Spanish top two in first season

 

[Darklight]

Really great story. You put a lot of effort into this, and you did great to finish 2nd and win the Europa League. How you managed to get Villa to score 69 goals is beyond me, and if he does it next season then surely you'd win the league. Good luck for the next season, and I'll definitely follow this from now on.
Any areas of your squad you're going to try and add to over the summer?

 

[necas12]

im loving this story
please continue it

 

[Deleted member 79730]

great story dont give up brother