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Valencia

  • Villa 52’

Málaga

  • Albiol 59’ (o.g.)

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Valencia
    • Málaga
    • 90+3 These teams are STILL pushing for the win as Valencia charge forward again but the whistle goes, a 1-1 draw and great fun for the neutral!
    • 90+1 Eliseu is booked for a foul on Calleja.
    • 89' A diagonal ball looking for Joaquin is a touch too long and out for a throw.
    • 86' Eliseu gets forward again down the right and he whips in a brilliant low cross that Salva and Pablo slide in at the far postr for but neither can get there! I like this boy.
    • 83' Duda on the left, he digs out a great cross and Salva with a downward header but blocked and hacked away by Albiol. Valencia counter and win a corner. End to end this is.
    • 82' This is a real chance, Villa and Fernandes are over it... Fernandes sends it low past the wall and Goitia can't hold onto it but there's no-one following it up! Villa should have just left Fernandes and got in there.
    • 81' Cuadrado brings down Villa just on the edge of the box and is booked. Valencia wanted a penalty but Villa's momentum took him into the area, the foul was outside.
    • 79' Malaga are bossing possession now and go close when Eliseu finds Salva with a probing cross from the right but the ex-Valencia striker can't get the volley right.
    • 75' Albiol catches Eliseu late in the middle of the park and gets booked.
    • 71' Free-kick to Valencia on the right, Mata to take, it's up in the air, Goitia makes a hash of the block and it drops to Silva who has a pop which Goitia blocks but it's back to Silva who drives low on goal but Goitia with a great stop again!
    • 69' Goitia punts it long and the ball drops for Eliseu running in and he collides with Cesar who gets there first with a header and Eliseu is hurt...
    • 68' Maduro crosses from the right, it's deflected but Goitia clings on under pressure.
    • 66' Silva almost sneaks one in at the near post after combining with Villa but Goitia reads it and puts it behind for a corner.
    • 63' Duda with a free-kick on the left which gets a touch off a Malaga head but spins wide.
    • 59' Eliseu gets the ball on the right, he sprints forward and shows some great pace and he's in behind the defence, races past Albelda and plays a low ball in AND SALVA SLIDES IN TO FINISH BUT IT COMES OFF ALBIOL FOR 1-1! An own-goal but that was Eliseu's goal. Deserved.
    • 57' Baraja trips Apono and earns himself a yellow card.
    • 56' MALAGA SUB: Baha comes off for Salva.
    • 53' Silva on the edge of the D, he looks left to Villa who takes a touch inside AND DAVID VILLA SENDS QUITE BRILLIANT CURLING SHOT INTO THE TOP RIGHT! WHAT A GOAL! OOOOOH I COULD WATCH THAT ALL NIGHT! He has barely touched the ball tonight but both times it has been spectacular.
    • 52' Villa hits the deck just outside the box but play on with Baraja in there but he fires well over!
    • 48' Free-kick to Valencia which Malaga don't clear, it drops to Albiol who has a pop but blocked behind for a corner.
    • 46' Second half underway!
    • 45+2 Half-time and an entertaining 0-0!
    • 45' Maduro is stranded upfield with Joaquin not covering at all, Eliseu is in down the left, he's totally free and must score but Cesar flies out again to block bravely!
    • 44' Malaga break through Luque, he runs at the Valencia defence and threads it through to Duda who's in but good keeping by Cesar who rushes out to claim.
    • 43' Joaquin on the left plays a great ball with the outside of his right boot but blocked by Goita.
    • 40' Joaquin plays it to Villa on the edge of the box and he makes a delicate chip over Goita but off the top of the bar! What an effort.
    • 38' Valencia don't clear the corner and Luque is in but the flag is up.
    • 37' Great ball from Duda, Luque comes forward down the right, he races clear of the full-back and drills it low to Baha who is clean through but his finish is blocked by Cesar and he gets the follow-up but that's blocked on the line by Maduro!
    • 36' Albelda booked for a challenge on Apono.
    • 35' Duda is in the area, he can shoot on goal but doesn't want to use his right so goes backwards and gives it away.
    • 34' Duda on the left swings a cross far post and Luque with an inventive header across goal which goes just wide!
    • 28' Lolo seems to have lost a tooth after taking a blow to the mouth after a challenge with Albelda.
    • 24' Luque controls it on his chest and sends in a shot from distance and Cesar dives across to parry, it's still in play with Duda but he loses the ball and Valencia break but Joaquin loses control of it.
    • 22' Silva wins a corner when his low shot is blocked by Wellington...
    • 17' Joaquin on the right, he cuts inside and he goes down in the box but no penalty! The fans and Valencia players are howling at the ref but he waves play on! Well if not a penalty then it should have been a card for diving because he flew over there! He went looking for that.
    • 15' VALENCIA SUB: Carleto on for the injured Moretti.
    • 14' Moretti is really struggling, one assumed from that late Luque tackle from earlier and he will have to come off.
    • 11' Joaquin with a superb change of direction and he hammers in a superb drive that stings the palms of Goita and bounces clear!
    • 9' Luque on the left sends a great cross into the box but Baha sliding in can't get there!
    • 6' The ball spins back to the edge of the area and it's now loose 30 yards out on the left and Luque clatters into Moretti and Valencia are howling for red but a yellow is shown. That was really dangerous to be honest, he could have gone for that.
    • 5' Great skill by Silva on the left to weave in and out but the cross is blocked...
    • 2' So a free-kick around 30 yards out which Apono and Duda stand over... and Duda smashes it on goal AND IT CLATTERS OFF THE POST AND AWAY WITH CESAR BEATEN! Great effort, what a free-kick!
    • 1' Poor challenge by Baraja, who hauls down Luque who went through but no card.
    • 1 Match underway at the Mestalla!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of the late Liga match tonight, with Valencia hosting Malaga at the Mestalla: from 21:00 UK time!

  • Team Stats

    Valencia Stats Málaga
    61% Possession 38%
    19 Shots 15
    9 Shots on target 5
    3 Saves 5
    5 Corners 1
    10 Fouls 19
    2 Offsides 4
    3 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    14 Tackles 21
    410 Accurate passes 232
    59 Bad passes 55

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Valencia
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 César Sánchez Dominguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
      24 Emiliano Moretti 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
      5 Carlos Marchena 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 47 3 3
      21 David Silva 0 3 2 4 1 0 1 52 12 2
      4 Raúl Albiol 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 39 2 1
      8 Rubén Baraja 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 52 6 1
      3 Hedwiges Maduro 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 40 0 2
      6 David Albelda 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 44 7 1
      17 Joaquín Sánchez Rodriguez 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 26 2 0
      14 Vicente Rodriguez Guillén 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 33 5 1
      7 David Villa 1 5 3 2 1 1 0 13 2 0
      9 Fernando Morientes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Vicente Guaita Panadero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Pablo Hernández 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Thiago Carleto 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 20 12 2
      18 Manuel Fernandes 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 23 3 1
      10 Miguel Ángel Angulo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Juan Manuel Mata García 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0
    • Málaga
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Inaki Goitia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      4 Ivan Cuadrado 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12 1 1
      2 Jesus Gamez 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 31 1 3
      3 Robson Pena de Oliveira 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 13 4 1
      17 Sergio Paulo Barbosa Valente 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 23 7 0
      10 Antonio Galdeano Benitez 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 46 5 3
      24 Manuel Ortiz Toribio 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 25 4 4
      11 Javier Calleja 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 30 16 2
      18 Eliseu Pereira Dos Santos 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 19 4 3
      5 Albert Luque 0 4 1 2 3 1 0 11 3 1
      25 Nabil Baha 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 4 3 1
      8 Fernando Miguel Fernández Escribano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Ignacio Pérez Santamaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      15 Adriano Ferreira Martins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Pablo De Barros Paulino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 2
      1 Francesco Arnau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Manuel Gaspar Haro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Salvador Ballesta Vialcho 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 4 0

  • Summary

    • 86' Eliseu gets forward again down the right and he whips in a brilliant low cross that Salva and Pablo slide in at the far postr for but neither can get there! I like this boy.
    • 83' Duda on the left, he digs out a great cross and Salva with a downward header but blocked and hacked away by Albiol. Valencia counter and win a corner. End to end this is.
    • 82' This is a real chance, Villa and Fernandes are over it... Fernandes sends it low past the wall and Goitia can't hold onto it but there's no-one following it up! Villa should have just left Fernandes and got in there.
    • 71' Free-kick to Valencia on the right, Mata to take, it's up in the air, Goitia makes a hash of the block and it drops to Silva who has a pop which Goitia blocks but it's back to Silva who drives low on goal but Goitia with a great stop again!
    • 59' Eliseu gets the ball on the right, he sprints forward and shows some great pace and he's in behind the defence, races past Albelda and plays a low ball in AND SALVA SLIDES IN TO FINISH BUT IT COMES OFF ALBIOL FOR 1-1! An own-goal but that was Eliseu's goal. Deserved.
    • 53' Silva on the edge of the D, he looks left to Villa who takes a touch inside AND DAVID VILLA SENDS QUITE BRILLIANT CURLING SHOT INTO THE TOP RIGHT! WHAT A GOAL! OOOOOH I COULD WATCH THAT ALL NIGHT! He has barely touched the ball tonight but both times it has been spectacular.
    • 45' Maduro is stranded upfield with Joaquin not covering at all, Eliseu is in down the left, he's totally free and must score but Cesar flies out again to block bravely!
    • 44' Malaga break through Luque, he runs at the Valencia defence and threads it through to Duda who's in but good keeping by Cesar who rushes out to claim.
    • 40' Joaquin plays it to Villa on the edge of the box and he makes a delicate chip over Goita but off the top of the bar! What an effort.
    • 37' Great ball from Duda, Luque comes forward down the right, he races clear of the full-back and drills it low to Baha who is clean through but his finish is blocked by Cesar and he gets the follow-up but that's blocked on the line by Maduro!
    • 34' Duda on the left swings a cross far post and Luque with an inventive header across goal which goes just wide!
    • 24' Luque controls it on his chest and sends in a shot from distance and Cesar dives across to parry, it's still in play with Duda but he loses the ball and Valencia break but Joaquin loses control of it.
    • 17' Joaquin on the right, he cuts inside and he goes down in the box but no penalty! The fans and Valencia players are howling at the ref but he waves play on! Well if not a penalty then it should have been a card for diving because he flew over there! He went looking for that.
    • 11' Joaquin with a superb change of direction and he hammers in a superb drive that stings the palms of Goita and bounces clear!
    • 2' So a free-kick around 30 yards out which Apono and Duda stand over... and Duda smashes it on goal AND IT CLATTERS OFF THE POST AND AWAY WITH CESAR BEATEN! Great effort, what a free-kick!
    • - Hello and welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of the late Liga match tonight, with Valencia hosting Malaga at the Mestalla: from 21:00 UK time!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Carlos Delgado Ferreiro

  • Valencia

    Captain: David Albelda

    Starting line-up

    • C. Sánchez
    • H. Maduro
    • R. Albiol Own Goal Yellow Card
    • C. Marchena
    • E. Moretti Substitution Out (16′)
    • Joaquín
    • D. Albelda Yellow Card
    • Silva
    • R. Baraja Substitution Out (63′)
    • Vicente
    • D. Villa Goal

    Subs

    • F. Morientes
    • V. Guaita
    • T. Carleto Substitution In16′
    • M. Angulo
    • M. Fernandes
    • Pablo
    • J. Mata

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Málaga

    Starting line-up

    • I. Goitia
    • J. Gámez
    • I. Cuadrado
    • Weligton
    • J. Calleja
    • Eliseu
    • Lolo
    • Duda
    • Apoño
    • A. Luque Yellow Card
    • N. Baha Substitution Out (55′)

    Subs

    • Salva
    • F. Arnau
    • Fernando
    • Nacho
    • Manolo
    • Adriano
    • Pablo

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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  1. DAVID VILLA

    From serdekarl, on Sun 15 Feb 3:29PM

  2. well i can't blame Albiol for slotting in an own­ goal, it was sure a goal by the purple man there and he­ was poorly marked. i dont know if Emery has ever knew­ that 'man-marking' does exist.. silly zonal­ marking, please change to man-marking like what the­ opponets always do.. can't you see & count how­ many times did villa has the ball at his feet when they­ do the man-marking technique..? what happened to baraja­ last night.?

    From UberGurl6120, on Sun 15 Feb 7:05AM

  3. another poor performance from valencia....unia emery­ could really not have had a better start to the season­ but he is holding back far too much instead of really­ all out attacking the game .. another superb goal under­ david villa's belt but for others especially baraja­ and albiol that was a very silly game, carleto also had­ a very poor debut It is so frustrating watching your­ team struggle when really being a team like valencia it­ should be a pretty routine game

    From craig_walker02, on Sat 14 Feb 11:54PM

  4. ah, i know how Valencia can stay in top 4.. it's­ simple just pray for Sevilla & Villarreal's­ defeats until the end of the season..

    From UberGurl6120, on Sat 14 Feb 11:14PM

  5. thank God, the game was only 93+ so Valencia­ wouldn't bump into another defeat..!
    another silly­ game from Valencia.. knew it, just another­ frustration..
    it is annoying to see Valencia players­ dribbling the ball and took about 2 minutes to get into­ the penalty box area, meanwhile the Malaga easily­ through into Valencia's penalty box in just 15­ seconds..!!!!!!
    i want to believe Valencia will finish­ in top 4 but the truth is, don't even dream about­ it... not in next 10 years if the game play stick with­ this­ "i-thought-the-winner-was-based-on-ball-possession­ "

    From UberGurl6120, on Sat 14 Feb 11:05PM

  6. I hope Malaga wins this game ...

    From EE, on Sat 14 Feb 10:42PM

  7. VALENCIA WILL WIN 2-1

    From nemanjajakic, on Sat 14 Feb 10:36PM

  8. VALENCIA WILL WIN 2-1

    From nemanjajakic, on Sat 14 Feb 10:33PM

  9. hope Valencia will win. Mircea from South Africa

    From mircea gavris, on Sat 14 Feb 9:44PM

  10. Valecia win 5-0

    From Carlos, on Sat 14 Feb 9:04PM

  11. Ill Bet anyone 52 quid On Malaga (ANYONE) 52!!!!

    From helen, on Sat 14 Feb 8:33PM

  12. vive valencia

    come on valencia

    From Lewis, on Sat 14 Feb 4:59PM

  13. hmmm Maduro will be guarding the right defence flank..­ hope he doesn't lose positioning again.
    Valencia­ please next time (when your financial is ok) do­ something with your rightback & leftback, VCF looks­ so vulnerable there..

    From UberGurl6120, on Sat 14 Feb 4:11PM

  14. After being outplayed completely last week against­ Osasuna, Valencia has to win this game by hook or by­ crook. More challenging games coming up after this. Por­ favor win this game to stay alive being top 4. Vamos!­ Amunt!

    From UberGurl6120, on Sat 14 Feb 12:37PM

  15. Valencia 3-1

    From craig_walker02, on Sat 14 Feb 12:11PM

  16. valencia has to win by all means by 3goals to 0 and 2­ from david villa and david silver.

    From Jimmy, on Sat 14 Feb 11:09AM

  17. valencia 2-1 malaga

    From yazanyanes, on Sat 14 Feb 9:29AM
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