Between whistles, doubts and many problems in the offensive field, Valencia has closed the preseason. Unai Emery’s men were more effective against the players who failed to create danger in Emiliano Martínez’s goal. Two defensive errors by those from Mestalla meant the two goals for Aston Villa, Watkins in the 22nd minute and Buendia in the 66th minute, they were enough to overcome Chambers’ late own goal before an Olympic goal attempt by Pepelu.
The game started with a more incisive Valencia. Showing strong pressure on the English. Despite the fact that the villains monopolized possession, those from Mestalla prevented them from creating danger in the opposite field. However, Baraja’s team had problems linking the ball in the offensive field. Nonetheless, the first shot of the match between the three sticks was for Aston Villa who managed to get ahead on the scoreboard. Watkins took advantage of a failure of understanding between Javi Guerra and Pepelu to slot the ball into Mamardashvili’s goal (0-1, min 22).
With the equator of the first half surpassed, the valencianistas improved, although the wet gunpowder shone again and payroll problems up front that the team has just one week before the start of the league. After two corner kicks, neither of them was forcefully finished off the goalkeeper of the Birmingham team.
After the break, Valencia came back better than when they went to the locker room. The pressure on Villanía’s defense was stronger and Fran Pérez, after a corner kick, was close to the equalizer with a long shot that grazed the rival crossbar. But it was all a false illusion. The clash entered into a hostile environment, which was already seen in the first half, and which did not allow fluidity to be maintained in the game. And without being able to find a solution to the problems above, heThe English took advantage of another mistake by the Valencian defense to score the second of the night. A steal by Coutinho, who led to the area, who handed the ball to Buendía and sent the ball into the net, (0-2, min 66).
With many difficulties to reach the opposite area, Fran Pérez was once again the protagonist of the second dangerous occasion for those from Mestalla, but his shot went wide. With the end of the game near, the tension between the stands and the green was growing. Paulista confronted a fan, and the whistles and chants against the team’s image were present until the end of the game. However, Chambers restored the illusion in the grapefruit fiefdom after finishing off an Olympic goal attempt by Pepelu, (1-2, min 89), which served to make up the result.
MATCH SHEET
Valencia CF: Mamardashvili, Thierry, Diakhaby, Paulsita, Gay, Pepelu, Almeida, Diego Lpez, Javi Guerra, Fran Prez, Hugo Duro. They also played: Cenk, Foulquier, Jesus Vázquez, Gozlábez, Gurendal, Trrega, Hugo González, Martín Tejón, Diego Moreno.
Coach: Rubn Baraja
Aston Villa: Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezra Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Douglas Luiz, John Mcginn, Ollie Watkins, Pau Torres, Moussa Diaby, Leon Bailey, Kamara Buendia. They also played: Digne, Tielemans, Coutinho, Phiologene-Bidace, Chambers, Archer.
Coach: Unai Emery
goals (0-1) min 22, Ollie Watkins; (0-2) min 66, Buendía; (1-2) min 89, PP Chambers
referee: Cuadra Fernndez (Balearic Islands)
Incidents: Mestalla stadium, 31928 spectators
