ANDhe Valencia confirmed in the Wanda Metropolitan that It is not up to scratch to compete with rivals strongest in LaLiga. Bordalás summed it up in a sentence full of resignation: “Valencia is historic, a great team, but if you compare the templates there is a very big difference. When we have faced the teams from the middle table upwards we are missing many things, we have to be realistic“. The bad feelings that the match against Atlético left behind are not only due to the loss in added time against a powerful rival, but in crisis. They appear, above all, how the team fell apart after a very good first half that ended 0-2 and with a feeling of solidity. The team gave ground in the second half and allowed two goals to be traced back to confirm a negative trend that drags from New Years Eve, when he had the opportunity to touch positions Champions in the early day.
After losing against Espanyol, andThe calendar announced three games against rivals with much superior squads (Real Madrid, Seville and Atletico) against whom Valencia He has only been able to achieve a draw. One point in the last four games feeds discouragement. But there is a lot left. What really depresses is to check the poor agility of the club to face the winter market with the vigor that touched. Bordalás, sole spokesperson de facto of the club, makes it clear in each appearance that the team needs reinforcements, but he needs them since the summer. The Valencia has moved in a small market of possibilities for their economic limitations and gone with leaden feet so that no signing would arrive that did not have the coach’s approval.
So Valencia faces the last week of the market, no league day, after letting out several players -with whom the technician did not count-, waiting to confirm the transfer of Wass to Atletico -which he did count on- and resolved to sign a central and a midfielder. Valencia is at three matches of a cup final and still have left 16 to straighten the course in LaLiga. There is so much at stake, that it is mandatory that they agree to improve a squad that cannot withstand the pace of the competition.
