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Champions League and More …
By: Cesar |
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It’s weird to write about football today on the heels of the terrible events of the past few days. But I’ll try.
The big news today concerns the Champions League draw that took place in Monaco and ended a short while ago. After winning our qualification fixture against Sweden’s Elfsborg yesterday 2-1, here’s how our [...]
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Game Tonight, But Who Cares?
By: Cesar | 9 Comments
There’s a game on tonight, a Champions League qualifier against Elfsborg.
But I could care less. As much as I love Valencia, I still can’t wrap my head around what happened to Sevilla’s Antonio Puerta.
What a sudden, shocking loss. In the midst of life, in the beginning of his career. To be felled like [...]
Wow, That Was Bad …
By: Cesar | 14 Comments
That was as bad a start to the season as I can remember.
A team that came in with high expectations crashed to Earth last night at the Mestalla, as Valencia took one on the chin 3-0 to local rivals Villarreal.
Valencia looked completely outclassed, completely unprepared and woefully undisciplined in their opening match of [...]
One More Note …
By: Cesar | 5 Comments
This, from Sid Lowe of the Guardian Unlimited in his excellent La Liga preview.
And then there’s Valencia. “We don’t talk any more,” Ruben Baraja sobbed to coach Quique Sánchez-Flores two days ago, somehow resisting the temptation to add “and you always leave the seat up”. But while there is a coldness about their relationship, [...]
10 Things I Think I Think about Valencia ‘07-’08
By: Cesar | 6 Comments
So the season starts again.
Hope springs eternal. Flowers bloom, children rise, the sun cascades its rays over the land and the dew is sweet as honey.
And every team in the table in Spain’s La Liga comes in with optimism and belief, that this is the year, this is the season they can break [...]
Liftoff: 6 Days
By: Cesar | 11 Comments
So I haven’t had much to say the past few days.
It’s been a busy time in American soccer, with David Beckham playing a game right down the road.
It’s so weird to see people flocking to the local stadium to see a football match and have it not be a New York Jets or [...]
Sillyness
By: Cesar | 6 Comments
Very good showing by the squad on Tuesday against Sweden’s Elfsborg, a 3-0 win in Champions League qualifying that virtually sends us to the Big Cup group stages. (The reason for this muppet’s picture to the left is explained below)
I didn’t watch the game. I tried but, as usual, it was in vain.
Regardless, I [...]
A New Hope
By: Cesar | 7 Comments
And so it begins in earnest, the new campaign. Tonight marks Valencia’s first official game of the 2007-08 season, a Champions League encounter with Sweden’s Elfsborg at the Mestalla.
I could ramble on about the supposed lineups and what the protagonists think about this game. But I’ll be honest. I expect us to romp. We [...]
Gutted
By: Cesar | 13 Comments
I wasn’t able to read any Valencia news this weekend. Imagine my surprise when I booted up my computer late Sunday to see Wesley Sneijder had signed for Real Madrid.
I’m gutted to see the young Dutch playmaker make the leap to the confines of the Santiago Bernabeu. He’s exactly what we needed and we [...]
Happy Happy Joy Joy
By: Cesar | 8 Comments
It’s hard to please Valencia fans. We’re known for being fickle, like a cat who won’t eat the food in front of him even though he’s starving.
But we should be happy campers today. Our team is stacked, save a creative midfielder (see, that happy feeling couldn’t last long …)
We’re absolutely loaded at every [...]
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