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Valencia

Villa 28’ (pen.)
Joaquín 69’

Racing Santander

Tchite 22’, 48’, 78’
Albelda 84’ (o.g.)

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Live Commentary
Time:90'
- Valencia
- Racing Santander
- 90+4' All over at the Mestalla, and Valencia's first loss of the season sees them lose top spot in the league! Racing once again prove to be their bogey side!
- 90' Tchite has earned his applause, and he duly gets it as he is replaced by Juanjo.
- 88' The home fans whistle and jeer as Racing captain Munitis is replaced by Goncalves for the last few minutes, but the veteran skipper won't care one bit!
- 85' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! It's all over for Valencia now as the cross from the right pings aroun the area before captain David Albelda slices his clearance from the floor into the net!
- 80' GOLGOLGOLGOLGOLGOLGOLGOLGOL!!!! Racing go ahead again and it's TCHITE WITH A HAT-TRICK! He snuck in between two defenders from a corner and headed past Renan. What a match!
- 75' The goal has lifted both the Mestalla crowd and the players, and suddenly Racing are on the backfoot. They've got 15 minutes to try and find a winner. Or will Tchite catch them unawares for a third time?
- 70' GOL!! Mata takes a corner for Valencia. Tono comes out to catch unchallenged but HE DROPS THE BALL and Joaquin blasts in from close range to equalise! There was an attempt to handball the shot on the line but the net bulges and the referee decides that's punishment enough!
- 65' These are the sort of games that you need to be winning if you have real title pretensions, but Valencia continue to be held at bay by Racing. Moretti goes off to be replaced by Carlos Marchena in their final change of the match.
- 60' Emery has waited long enough, and throws on Fernando Morienteas and Ruben Baraja as he looks to boost his team's attack.
- 54' Joaquin pulls down Serrano, and the Racign midfielder responds by waving the imaginary card at him. It may be a mandtory booking, but it's still common prctice in La Liga.
- 49' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! Tchite has given Racing the lead again with a strike that caught everyone by surprise! The ball broke free and the Burundi-born striker took an early strike from 25 yards out that flew along the turf before banging in off the post with Renan at full stretch! Los Che have it all to do here!
- 46' Not that we want you to leave us here, but remember that England are in action in Antuiga right now playing in the winner-take-all Stanford 20/20 match, in which the winners take a cool $1million apiece! Follow our LIVE comments right now via the Eurosport homepage.
- 46' The second half has kicked off.
- 45' Half-time at the Mestalla and Racing are still in this match. Valencia will have to mprove if they are to regain top spot tonight.
- 41' Valencia break forward at pace and now Villa will STRIKE... it was straight at ~Tono but the keeper does well to hold on to the shot.
- 41' Tchite tries to slip it through to Pereira, but the forward does not read the pass and runs over it.
- 39' The intensity of this game is beginning to crank up a bit now as tackles are flying in and little spats are breaking out here and there.
- 32' David Villa beats the offside trap and is through on goal, only the keeper to beat, he MUST SCORE... SAVED BY TONO! Villa went for the nonchalant chip over the keeper but Tono wasn't fooled.
- 29' GOOOOOOOOOOL!! Villa calmly strokes the penalty into the bottom corner and Valencia are level!
- 27' PENALTY!! Joaquin bursts into th box and is tripped up by Sepsi and Valencia have a Get out Of Jail Free card! Villa will take the spot-kick...
- 23' GOLGOLGOLGOLGOL!! A great one-touch move sees Pereira play in Tchite who slides in to knock the ball past Renan! Racing are ahead against the run of play here!
- 20' Valencia are not relinquishing possession easily, but neither are Racing allowing them any more openings as easy as villa's route one chance.
- 17' Chances thin on the ground at the mometn, unlike the rain, which continues to fall at an alarming rate.
- 9' Vicente has options as he brings the ball forward. He chooses to cut inside and HAVE A SHOT... deflected off the defenders leg but it kicks up into the air and could loop in... The ball lands on the top of the net!
- 8' Racing win the game's first corner. Renan punches clear when he could have caught. Valencia use it to break though, and Vicente lofts a ball forward for Villa to chase, and he lifts it over the onrushing keeper... WIDE OF THE GOAL!! Racing were all over the place for that break. Villa should have scored!
- 5' Villa takes a free-kick quickly and Mata is through on goal... Called back because the free-kick was taken too quickly.
- 1' We're underwya at the Mestalla! remember Los Che will regain top spot if they win here tonight.
- 20:56 Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Valencia v Racing Santander!

Team Stats

Valencia	Stats	Racing Santander
66%	Possession	33%
11	Shots	11
7	Shots on target	4
1	Saves	3
4	Corners	4
18	Fouls	16
6	Offsides	6
2	Yellow cards	3
0	Red cards	0
15	Tackles	21
405	Accurate passes	169
74	Bad passes	30

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
Num	Name	G	S	SoT	F	FW	O	AP	BP	T
13	Renan Brito Soares	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	3	0
20	Alexis Ruano Delgado	0	0	0	1	1	0	33	2	1
23	Luis Miguel	0	0	0	1	2	0	31	0	1
24	Emiliano Moretti	0	1	0	3	3	0	26	13	2
6	David Albelda	0	0	0	3	1	0	46	11	4
18	Manuel Fernandes	0	1	1	0	0	0	36	1	1
17	Joaquín Sánchez Rodriguez	1	2	2	1	5	0	29	3	0
14	Vicente Rodriguez Guillén	0	1	0	2	2	0	37	13	3
4	Raúl Albiol	0	0	0	1	1	0	61	2	0
7	David Villa	1	4	3	4	2	2	17	6	0
16	Juan Manuel Mata García	0	1	1	0	0	2	32	14	0
9	Fernando Morientes	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	1
33	Vicente Guaita Panadero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Rubén Baraja	0	0	0	1	1	0	21	4	1
22	Eduardo Cesar Gaspar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Carlos Marchena	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	1	1
19	Pablo Hernández	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Miguel Ángel Angulo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Racing Santander
Num	Name	G	S	SoT	F	FW	O	A	AP	BP	T
13	Antonio Rodriguez Martinez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0
5	César Navas	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	19	0	2
24	Mehdi Lacen	0	2	0	1	5	0	0	28	6	6
6	Laszlo Sepsi	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	4	1
14	Pablo Pinillos	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	0	1
29	Iván Marcano	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	1	0
8	Gonzalo Colsa	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	30	5	3
10	Pedro Munitis	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	12	2	2
7	Mohamed Tchite	3	7	4	4	1	3	0	7	3	0
20	Jonathan Pereira Rodríguez	0	1	0	1	1	2	1	8	5	1
11	Óscar Serrano	0	1	0	4	2	1	0	14	3	4
22	José Moratón Taeño	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Christian Fernández	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Juan Exposito Ruiz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Eduardo Bedia Peláez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	Fabio Coltorti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Peter Luccin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Jorge Miguel Dias Gonçalves	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1

Summary
- 85' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL! It's all over for Valencia now as the cross from the right pings aroun the area before captain David Albelda slices his clearance from the floor into the net!
- 80' GOLGOLGOLGOLGOLGOLGOLGOLGOL!!!! Racing go ahead again and it's TCHITE WITH A HAT-TRICK! He snuck in between two defenders from a corner and headed past Renan. What a match!
- 70' GOL!! Mata takes a corner for Valencia. Tono comes out to catch unchallenged but HE DROPS THE BALL and Joaquin blasts in from close range to equalise! There was an attempt to handball the shot on the line but the net bulges and the referee decides that's punishment enough!
- 49' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! Tchite has given Racing the lead again with a strike that caught everyone by surprise! The ball broke free and the Burundi-born striker took an early strike from 25 yards out that flew along the turf before banging in off the post with Renan at full stretch! Los Che have it all to do here!
- 32' David Villa beats the offside trap and is through on goal, only the keeper to beat, he MUST SCORE... SAVED BY TONO! Villa went for the nonchalant chip over the keeper but Tono wasn't fooled.
- 29' GOOOOOOOOOOL!! Villa calmly strokes the penalty into the bottom corner and Valencia are level!
- 27' PENALTY!! Joaquin bursts into th box and is tripped up by Sepsi and Valencia have a Get out Of Jail Free card! Villa will take the spot-kick...
- 23' GOLGOLGOLGOLGOL!! A great one-touch move sees Pereira play in Tchite who slides in to knock the ball past Renan! Racing are ahead against the run of play here!
- 9' Vicente has options as he brings the ball forward. He chooses to cut inside and HAVE A SHOT... deflected off the defenders leg but it kicks up into the air and could loop in... The ball lands on the top of the net!
- 8' Racing win the game's first corner. Renan punches clear when he could have caught. Valencia use it to break though, and Vicente lofts a ball forward for Villa to chase, and he lifts it over the onrushing keeper... WIDE OF THE GOAL!! Racing were all over the place for that break. Villa should have scored!

Live Team Line-Up

Referee: Javier Turienzo Alvarez
Valencia

Manager: . Emery

Captain: Carlos Marchena

Starting line-up
- .. Renan
- .. Miguel
- R. Alexis
- R. Albiol
- E. Moretti
- D. Albelda
- M. Fernandes
- S. Joaquín
- J. Mata
- V. Rodríguez
- D. Villa
Subs
- 9. F. Morientes 62′
- 10. M. Angulo
- 8. R. Baraja 63′
- 5. C. Marchena 67′
- 22. E. Gaspar "Edu"
- 19. D. Pablo Hernández
- 33. V. Guaita
Injured

None

Suspended

None
Racing Santander

Manager: Juan Ramón López Muñiz

Captain: Pedro Munitis

Starting line-up
- A. Rodríguez "Toño"
- P. Pinillos
- C. Navas
- M. Marcano
- L. Sepsi
- G. Colsa
- M. Lacen
- J. Pereira
- P. Munitis
- O. Serrano
- M. Tchite ×3
Subs
- 15. P. Luccin
- 22. J. Moratón 85′
- 9. J. "Juanjo" Expósito
- 1. F. Coltorti
- 23. S. Cristian Fernández
- 28. P. Edu Bedía
- 21. D. Zé Antonio
- 27. S. Canales
Injured

None

Suspended

None