Valência CF will host Málaga FC at the Mestalla Stadium, this Saturday, for another La Liga fixture. With both teams tied with 50 points, a loss here could be fatal in the race for one spot for the UEFA Champions League 2013/2014.
While Málaga FC played the UCL Quarterfinals, Valência FC was eliminated in the group stage.
Valencia remain as the last Spanish team – outside of the Barcelona and Real Madrid circle – to have lifted the La Liga title. However, the team has been suffering from several financial difficulties over the last few years. At one stage, the team had debts of more than £400 million. Even though the situation has not improved much, they are debt level has reduced significantly.
Roberto Soldado of Valencia (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)
After their elimination to Paris Saint-Germain in the French capital last Wednesday for the UEFA Champions League, Valencia F.C. is slowing switching gears to their now only tournament left, the Spanish League.
Valenciaarechasing Malaga, who is a point ahead, for the fourth place in La Liga and consequently a spot in next year's Champions League.
Ezequiel Lavezzi of Paris Saint-Germain (Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)
With the final legs of the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 set to kick off this week, Europe will come to standstill to see which sides will advance and compete to earn the honor of raising the prestigious continental trophy.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Paris Saint-Germain-Photo by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images
Valencia were once a side that carried significant threat. The likes of David Villa, Juan Mata, Joauqin and David Silva lining up at the Mestalla gave the Spanish side an attacking potency that the opposition couldn't handle.
Roberto Soldado of Valencia-Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images
The Champions League round of 16 kicks off Tuesday as French stalwarts Paris Saint-Germain fly to Spain to take on Valencia and new manager Ernesto Valverde.
Since the signings of players such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, and Ezequiel Lavezzi, PSG has been on a tear in both French Ligue 1, where they currently sit 1st, and in the Champions League, where they finished first in a tough Group A.
Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid shoots at goal beside Adil Rami of Valencia-Photo by Denis Doyle/Getty Images
This weekend, Real Madrid will take on Valencia in a mouth-watering La Liga matchup. Madrid currently find themselves in third place (with a record of 11-4-4) with 37 points in the La Liga season, and will travel to the Estadio Mestalla to take on eighth place Valencia (9-7-3).
Valencia striker Roberto Soldado accidentally steps on Falcao's head during Valencia's 2-0 win over Atl. Madrid. Falcao did finish out the match however he failed for the first time in 11 games across all competitions to hit the back of the net. Maybe the knock on the head was more than coincidental that the most coveted striker in Europe right now failed to hit the target.
Just before scoring his lovely goal to help Valencia give Atletico Madrid their first loss of the season on Saturday, Roberto Soldado inadvertently stepped on Falcao's head, opening up a bloody wound on the Colombian goal machine.
Falcao went down in front of Valencia's goalkeeper as Soldado cleared the ball and stepped backwards to keep his balance.
Valencia ended Atletico Madrid's unbeaten start to the season in their 10th match and they did it with style thanks to captain Roberto Soldado. In the 20th minute, Soldado opened the scoring with an excellent volley from a bit of an angle inside the box. It was a beautiful piece of skill and proved to be enough to beat Atletico on its own, but Valencia added a second goal at the end of injury time for a 2-0 win.
For all of Radamel Falcao's efforts against Valencia last night, it is a pity that Atletico Madrid weren't able to come away with more from their La Liga encounter. The Colombian striker's close-range free kick was denied by Valencia's outstanding keeper in the first fifteen minutes, Diego Alves, and Falcao missed several opportunities to turn the game around.
There's one thing we all love to do proving others wrong - and for
Xabi Alonso, sitting proudly among the spectator seats at the Nou Camp after
Madrid's glorious 2-1 win in the el clasico was a testament of that. Clearly, he wanted a
few moments by himself to capture the intensity of the derby, surely the most
difficult contest in world football at present.
Jozy Altidore started for AZ and his size and strength was an obvious problem for Valencia, the
third Spanish side on display in the quarter-finals. He was brought down in the box clearly impeded
but Martin Atkinson did not see anything wrong. Valencia however looked far more dangerous and
racked up a number of scoring chances through Roberto Soldado and Antonio Barragan.
Jozy Altidore started for AZ and his size and strength was an obvious problem for Valencia, the
third Spanish side on display in the quarter-finals. He was brought down in the box clearly impeded
but Martin Atkinson did not see anything wrong. Valencia however looked far more dangerous and
racked up a number of scoring chances through Roberto Soldado and Antonio Barragan.
España jugará el viernes 12 de octubre Minsk contra Bielorrusia y el martes 16 recibirá a Francia en el estadio Vicente Calderón de Madrid.
El cuadro de Del Bosque, defensor del título mundial obtenido en Sudáfrica 2010 y campeón de Europa en 2008 y 2012, comenzó la fase previa de Brasil 2014 el pasado 11 de septiembre con una victoria por la mínima sobre Georgia en Tiflis, con un gol del valencianista Roberto Soldado en el minuto 86.
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Shocking start to the season for Real Madrid, who find themselves five points behind bitter
rivals Barcelona after only two rounds of matches in La Liga.
The champions lost 2-1 to Getafe today, which combined with last week's 1-1 draw at home to
Valencia means Jose Mourinho's side has only picked up one point from its opening two matches.
Big boost for Valencia after Roberto Soldado has agreed to extended his contract until the
summer of 2017.
Soldado was the joint top-scoring Spaniard in La Liga along with Fernando Llorente last season
as his 17 goals helped guide Valencia to their third consecutive third-placed finish.
Barcelona forward Pedro has been rewarded for his two goals in the Copa del Rey final on Friday
by being included in Spain's 23-man squad for the European Championships.
Sevilla's Alvaro Negredo was also selected among manager Vicente del Bosque's strikers, meaning
there was no place for Roberto Soldado or Adrian Lopez despite the latter's goalscoring debut
against Serbia on Saturday.
FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi has won the 2011-12 Pichichi Trophy, which is awarded to La Liga's
goalscorer for each season. Messi's 50 goals breaks the previous record of 41 set by Cristiano
Ronaldo in the 2010-11 season.
Messi's season has been record breaking in many ways as he's scored over 70 in all competitions
and average around 1.
Maradona has launched a somewhat mild attack on Pele's claim
that Neymar is a better player than Messi which were made two days ago. The
response could've been a lot worse, given the fact that Maradona rarely holds back
when it comes to insults towards Messi.
Valencia have announced that they have agreed to a post-season tour of the USA with games
against the Portland Timbers on May 23 and the Houston Dynamo on May 31.
"This is another step forward for the expansion of the club in which we work," Valencia
president Manuel Llorente said.
Mais um jogo amistoso, foi disputado no dia 29/02/2012, na cidade de Malaga-SPA, onde jogaram as
seleções da Espanha (1º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Venezuela (46º no ranking da
FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram: Amistosos
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28/06/1981 VEN0:2ESP Mundial Sub-20
2009Cairo 01/10/2009 VEN0:3 (0:2)ESP Group matches
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Andris Treimanis (LVA)
After Valencia wraps up what they hope is a spot in next year's UEFA Champions League, the
storied Spanish side will head to the United States for a pair of friendlies against MLS teams.
Currently in third place in La Liga behind Real Madrid and Barcelona, Valencia will play the
Portland Timbers at Jeld-Wen Field on May 23 followed by being the Houston Dynamo's opponent in the
Dynamo Charities Cup on May 31 at BBVA Compass Stadium.
Spain name Euro 2012 squad: Torres in, Soldado out - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Vicente del Bosque has the task of bringing home a third straight international tournament
success this summer, with the triumphs at Euro 2008 and in the 2010 World Cup meaning Spain are
favourites for this year's Euro 2012.
David Villa will not be playing for Spain at this summer's European championship.
The injured Barcelona striker has been ruled out of contention for the defending world and
European champions, according to a statement released by the Spanish federation on Tuesday.
For Villa, who broke his left leg in the FIFA Club World Cup in December and has not played
since, it was always an uncertainty that he would be fit in time for this summer's tournament.
Vicente del Bosque has done it again by messing with everyone's heads! The
Spanish coach announced his 'provisional' Euro 2012 squad yesterday and the players involved will
face Korea and Serbia in friendly matches next week and head to
the tournament from their training base, Switzerland, right after.
Adrian further established his growing reputation with a stunning goal for Atletico Madrid, as the
club secured their place in the Europa League final in Bucharest, running out 5-2 aggregate winners
against La Liga rivals, Valencia.
The striker added a ninth Europa League goal to his tally in this year's competition, helping the
club reach the final, where they will now meet Athletic Bilbao.
Liverpool will contemplate sending beleaguered striker Andy Carroll out on loan next season, as the
Merseysiders plot a summer overhaul of their forward options.
Reds boss Kenny Dalglish is targeting up to five new players when the transfer window re-opens at
the end of the season, and having seen his side score just 40 times in the league this term, adding
extra fire power is a certain priority.
Vicente del Bosque announced his 23-man Spanish squad heading to the Euro
Championships yesterday and the biggest surprise was the fact that FernandoTorres was picked over the highly-lauded Roberto Soldado!QUE?Del Bosque for all the commandeering respect he demands obviously
factored in Nando's recent Champions League win.
The FIFA backed "International Federation of Football History & Statistics" (IFFHS) has accounted
all the goals scored in International Club, Continental competitions & World Club Championship
games for 2012 so far & has FC BARCELONA forward LIONEL MESSI as the Nº1 Goalscorer with 9 goals.
The accounting factors are important as they explains why some big names are missing, here the
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Roberto Soldado ( Valencia CF ), David Villa ( FC Barcelona ), Fernando Llorente ( Athletic Club),
Alvaro Negredo (Sevilla FC ) & Fernando Torres ( Chelsea FC) all have things in common. One, they
are all "Centre Fowards", or Number Nines in the traditional Football position, & second, they are
all competing for the prized two positions on the final List of Spanish National Football Team
Tottenham have been linked with summer bids for two Spanish strikers this week and both names have featured in previous transfer rumours. However, one player is considerably more prolific than the other so who are Spurs more likely to end up with?
Roberto Soldado is the first name on the list and depending on which report you read, the fee involved varies between £20m and £30m.
Valencia captain Roberto Soldado's week of inflicting pain continues. First, he scored a wonderful goal and stepped on Falcao's head in Atletico Madrid's first loss of the season last weekend. Then, in his side's 4-2 Champions League win against BATE Borisov, he apparently decided he didn't like Maksim Bordachev very much, so he punched him in the stomach from behind.
O espanhol Roberto Soldado será o futebolista mais famoso da actualidade, cujo nome remete para patentes militares. Mas em Portugal joga um atleta com um apelido muito mais forte: Coronel. Davidson Renato da Cruz Coronel é o nome completo de Bijou, médio natural de Cabo Verde que chegou esta época ao Arouca, após três épocas no Fafe.
