With 20 points,
Valencia
closes
the first round of a championship in which it will continue to suffer as much as
Osasuna
to emerge from the bottom of the table.
The tie was a sample of the miseries that condemn the two teams.
The Valencians, dominators of the game, lose the compass when stepping on the area and the Navarrese walked failones on the occasions when they put Jaume Domenech to the test, and even in defense because they scored in their own door.
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Green shoots aimed
Javi Gracia's team
after their victory in Valladolid but, although there are timid improvements in the game, the cold numbers reveal their reality.
His 20 points are less than half of what the leader, Atlético, has added with two games less.
He only has four victories and has not won at the Mestalla since he beat
Real Madrid
on penalties
on November 8
.
This is the
worst first round of the team
since victories are awarded with three points.
Osasuna does not use the point too much either.
Although he squeezes the bottom, he has already accumulated 13 games without winning.
And from Mestalla he came out with the feeling that the prize could be greater.
Valencia wanted and had the ball while the Navarrese, together and intense in defense, turned off the light as they approached the area.
Bundled
Maxi
, tangled
Wass
and no
Gayà
came to the rescue because their centers were not auctioneers.
The harassment was so sterile that
Arrasate
was undeterred.
The reason the next step of the plan came out.
Torres launched a counter, leaned on the appearance of
Nacho Vidal
in the area, who crashed a ball into the body of Jaume, and
Calleri
pushed him
in the 40th minute to go to rest ahead on the scoreboard.
The scene did not change in the second half, although Osasuna did get closer.
Torró adjusted a shot to the crossbar while Valencia tried with a whip from Maxi from outside the area.
Gameiro's entrance.
Guedes and Musah seemed to give encouragement when the American snagged the pitted wall that Maxi was returning to him and in the attempt to clear
Unai surprised Herrera
and sealed the tie.
Fearing an avalanche, Arrasate looked for a lung with which to hold the point, but was able to take all three.
Guedes
tried with a right hand, Gayà with a center that walked in front of the goal but Calleri crashed a ball into a post,
Manu Sánchez
a header and
Kike Barja
was clouded by Jaume in the last breath.
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