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Valencia

  • Villa 35’
  • Mata 37’
  • Rodríguez 82’

Mallorca

  1. Villa leads Valencia to victory

    Villa leads Valencia to victory

    Valencia got their season off to a flying start with a 3-0 win over Real Mallorca at the Estadio Mestalla. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Valencia
    • Mallorca
    • 90+1' That's it, all over at the Mestalla! Valencia were good value for their win once Mallorca's heads dropped. Be sure to come back tomorrow for more action from La Liga! Hasta Pronto!
    • 86' Valencia are just playing keep-ball now, winding down the clock. Mallorca look like they've given up the ghost.
    • 82' GOOOOOOOOOOOL! Vicente does get his goal! Miguel Angulo bursts down the right and the daisycutter into the box is tapped in by his fellow substitute from the edge of the six-yard box! A real statement of intent from Los Che!
    • 78' Some great football from Los Che as Angulo and Villa combine to find Vicente, who rifles the half-volley over the bar! He shoudld have at least tested Moya from there, but it was almost his first touch so we'll let him off!
    • 76' With a quarter of an hour to go, Mallorca don't look capable of clawing their way back from a two-goal deficit. The loss of Guiza could prove to be catastrophic for the Islanders.
    • 73' David Silva gets a big ovation from the fans - and he responds in kind - as he is replaced by Vicente.
    • 69' Villa picks out the run of Manuel Fernandes who cuts the ball back across for ANGULO... Excellent last-ditch challenge from Nunes!
    • 62' Valencia also make a switch, as Pablo, creator of the first goal, is replaced by club veteran Miguel Angulo.
    • 61' Coach Manzano makes a double switch now. He knows he has to change something, so he brings on Cleber Santana and Aduriz for Varela and the disappointing Webo.
    • 58' Moretti marauds down the left wing with the ball, and picks out a glorious pass for the unmarked Villa to VOLLEY... Sliced into the crowd! What a goal that would/should have been!
    • 54' Alexis has fallen awkwardly after challenging Webo and remains down on the ground. He is now receiving treatment on the pitch.
    • 50' Mata has been a handful for the Mallorca defenders through out this game, and he wins another free-kick on the corner of the penalty area after his quick turn of pace results in him being body-checked. Again, Manuel Fernandes will send the ball in... It sails over two white shirts and Moya punches clear!
    • 47' Right away Valencia are on the attack. Silva holds the ball up in the box and Mata times his run to perfection to get on the end of the pass, but he's tackled brilliantly!
    • 46' No changes at half-time as Mallorca get the second half underway!
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    • 45+1' The short answer is no, as the referee calls time on an entertaining first half.
    • 44' Mallorca have refused to let two rather avoidable goals get them down, and have been enjoying the bulk of the possession since the second. Can they push enough to get one back before half-time?
    • 40' Mallorca come forward and Albiol can only head the ball out as far as TREJO... OFF THE POST! Trejo's volley from the edge of the area is tipped onto the post by Renan!
    • 38' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! It's another for Los Che, this time it's Mata! Villa cuts inside from the left and his shot is well saved by Moya, but the ball rebounds kindly for Mata who can head into the unguarded net! It's all gone wrong for Mallorca in the last five minutes, and they had been playing so well too.
    • 34' GOL GOL GOOOOOOOOOL!!! Valencia take the lead! Excellent play by Silva as he turns this way and that looking for the right ball, and he lifts a pass over to Pablo Hernandez on the right wing. The cross flashes across goal and Villa is there to nod in from close range! The Mestalla goes crazy!
    • 32' Webo and Trejo exchange a one-two and Trejo SHOOTS... The effort curled around the outside of the post! Renan looked like he had it covered.
    • 31' Mata is hauled down by Josemi on the left-hand edge of the area, and gets the foul. The Valencia players are angry that the former Villarreal man isn't booked too. Anyway, Fernandes takes the free-kick, but nobody gets on the end of it.
    • 27' Oscar Trejo heads towards goal and he HAS A POP... Good save by Renan! The keeper tips the solid shot behind for a corner, which Valencia clear without any problem.
    • 26' Valencia captain Moretti, already on a yellow card, is lucky not to get another one for what could have been interpreted as a deliberate handball.
    • 24' It'll be Villa to STRIKE... It curls over the wall at pace but lands right on top of the goal! the shot dip[ped wickedly but just not quickly enough.
    • 23' David Villa goes tumbling under the challenge of Josemi, and the referee gives a free-kick on the edge of the box! Josemi is livid, and you can see why. It was an excellent tackle, but now Silva and Villa lurk over the ball...
    • 20' Ruben Baraja is being replaced early on. We can only assume the veteran midfielder has picked up a knock somewhere along the line. He's replaced by Manuel Fernandes, the former Everton and Portsmouth midfielder.
    • 16' Valencia come pouring forward and win themselves a corner. It's fizzed along the goal line and cut back for MATA TO VOLLEY... Straight at Moya! A well-worked set-piece there, let down by the accuracy of the final shot.
    • 12' In all the commotion following that pass back decision, David Silva was booked for dissent.
    • 12' All 11 Valencia players are on the goal-line now as Marti STRIKES... Charged down by the horde of white shirts streaming out of goal!
    • 11' Albiol chases back to shrug Trejo off the ball, and it ricochets off his shin and into the arms of Renan... The referee has given it as a pass back! That's a harsh decision, but Mallorca have an indirect free-kick in the Valencia box!
    • 6' David Silva finds Spain team-mate Villa, who tries to cut inside and shoot... He was crowded out by ttwo defenders.
    • 4' A nice, open start, with both sides seeing plenty of the ball.
    • 2' By contrast, the Islanders lost star striker Dani Guiza to Turkish side Fenerbahce, so they'll be a loot more reliant on striekr duo Webo and Trejo this campaign.
    • 1' After last season's debacle, Valencia have managed to keep hold of all of their prize assets, included the two David, Silva and Villa. After scraping into Europe via the Copa del Rey, this season represents a fresh start for Emery's side.
    • 1' Los Che get their La Liga season kicked off!
    • 21:57 Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of the match between Valencia and Real Mallorca at the Mestalla!

  • Team Stats

    Valencia Stats Mallorca
    53% Possession 46%
    17 Shots 16
    6 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 2
    5 Corners 6
    14 Fouls 17
    5 Offsides 4
    4 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    23 Tackles 17
    340 Accurate passes 284
    52 Bad passes 38

  • 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
      13 Renan Brito Soares 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0
      24 Emiliano Moretti 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 27 10 5
      23 Luis Miguel 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 1 5
      20 Alexis Ruano Delgado 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 1 0
      21 David Silva 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 36 8 0
      4 Raúl Albiol 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 0 4
      6 David Albelda 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 34 4 5
      8 Rubén Baraja 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 2 0
      19 Pablo Hernández 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 2
      7 David Villa 1 7 2 1 1 3 0 15 5 1
      16 Juan Manuel Mata García 1 2 2 2 4 2 0 40 10 1
      14 Vicente Rodriguez Guillén 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 11 1 0
      33 Vicente Guaita Panadero 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Manuel Fernandes 0 2 1 2 3 0 0 36 9 0
      10 Miguel Ángel Angulo 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 1 0
      9 Fernando Morientes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 Eduardo Cesar Gaspar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Ivan Helguera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Mallorca
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Miguel Moya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
      4 Ivan Ramis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 2
      7 Fernando Varela 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 16 0 2
      3 José Miguel González Rey 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 31 0 3
      16 Jose Carlos de Araujo Nunes 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 18 1 0
      23 Enrique Corrales 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 38 11 2
      19 José Luis Martí 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 40 1 3
      10 Jose Jurado 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 38 6 0
      18 Juan Arango 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 21 9 3
      20 Óscar Trejo 0 2 1 3 2 0 0 19 2 2
      9 Pierre Webó 0 3 0 0 1 4 0 11 1 0
      17 Ayoze Diaz Diaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Aritz Aduriz 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 9 2 0
      2 Cléber Santana Loureiro 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14 4 0
      6 Mario Suárez Mata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Gonzalo Castro Irizabal 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      15 David Navarro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 German Lux 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 82' GOOOOOOOOOOOL! Vicente does get his goal! Miguel Angulo bursts down the right and the daisycutter into the box is tapped in by his fellow substitute from the edge of the six-yard box! A real statement of intent from Los Che!
    • 78' Some great football from Los Che as Angulo and Villa combine to find Vicente, who rifles the half-volley over the bar! He shoudld have at least tested Moya from there, but it was almost his first touch so we'll let him off!
    • 69' Villa picks out the run of Manuel Fernandes who cuts the ball back across for ANGULO... Excellent last-ditch challenge from Nunes!
    • 58' Moretti marauds down the left wing with the ball, and picks out a glorious pass for the unmarked Villa to VOLLEY... Sliced into the crowd! What a goal that would/should have been!
    • 40' Mallorca come forward and Albiol can only head the ball out as far as TREJO... OFF THE POST! Trejo's volley from the edge of the area is tipped onto the post by Renan!
    • 38' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! It's another for Los Che, this time it's Mata! Villa cuts inside from the left and his shot is well saved by Moya, but the ball rebounds kindly for Mata who can head into the unguarded net! It's all gone wrong for Mallorca in the last five minutes, and they had been playing so well too.
    • 34' GOL GOL GOOOOOOOOOL!!! Valencia take the lead! Excellent play by Silva as he turns this way and that looking for the right ball, and he lifts a pass over to Pablo Hernandez on the right wing. The cross flashes across goal and Villa is there to nod in from close range! The Mestalla goes crazy!
    • 27' Oscar Trejo heads towards goal and he HAS A POP... Good save by Renan! The keeper tips the solid shot behind for a corner, which Valencia clear without any problem.
    • 24' It'll be Villa to STRIKE... It curls over the wall at pace but lands right on top of the goal! the shot dip[ped wickedly but just not quickly enough.
    • 16' Valencia come pouring forward and win themselves a corner. It's fizzed along the goal line and cut back for MATA TO VOLLEY... Straight at Moya! A well-worked set-piece there, let down by the accuracy of the final shot.
    • 12' All 11 Valencia players are on the goal-line now as Marti STRIKES... Charged down by the horde of white shirts streaming out of goal!
    • 11' Albiol chases back to shrug Trejo off the ball, and it ricochets off his shin and into the arms of Renan... The referee has given it as a pass back! That's a harsh decision, but Mallorca have an indirect free-kick in the Valencia box!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Ayza Gámez Miguel Ángel

  • Valencia

    Manager: . Emery

    Starting line-up

    • .. Renan
    • .. Miguel
    • R. Albiol
    • R. Alexis Yellow Card
    • E. Moretti Yellow Card
    • R. Baraja Substitution Out (21′)
    • D. Albelda Yellow Card
    • D. Pablo Hernández Substitution Out (62′)
    • D. Silva Yellow Card Substitution Out (72′)
    • J. Mata Goal
    • D. Villa Goal

    Subs

    • I. Helguera
    • F. Morientes
    • M. Angulo Substitution In62′
    • E. Gaspar "Edu"
    • N. Zigic
    • M. Fernandes Substitution In21′
    • V. Rodríguez Substitution In72′ Goal
    • V. Guaita

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Mallorca

    Manager: Gregorio Manzano

    Starting line-up

    • M. Moyà
    • G. Josemi
    • J. Nunes
    • I. Ramis
    • E. Corrales
    • F. Varela Substitution Out (61′)
    • J. Martí
    • J. Jurado
    • J. Arango
    • A. Webo Substitution Out (61′)
    • &. Trejo Substitution Out (74′)

    Subs

    • A. Aduriz Substitution In61′
    • D. Navarro
    • A. Díaz
    • M. Suárez
    • L. Cléber Santana Substitution In61′
    • G. 'Chori' Castro Substitution In74′
    • J. Callejón

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None