Valencia plays its ninth Cup title in a scenario that marked its most recent history. That’s where it all started. In the charterhouse It was the year 1999 and Claudio Ranieri He was serving his second season at the helm of Valencia, it would be the last of his first stage. The team and the club had not celebrated for too long and that Cup final with Mendieta and Piojo crushing the Atletico Madrid it changed everything.
That day the new Valencia startedwho became the best team in the world in 2004. He played two Champions League finals with Hector Cuper already in the dock. The one in Paris against Real Madrid in 2000 and the damn penalty shootout in Milan against Bayern Munich. But from those blows he came out reinforced. I arrive Benitez and the 2002 League and the double of the 2004 League and UEFA fell. peter lim in command and the 2019 Cup as the only joy to be put in your mouth. More than 20 years that started with a ‘crazy’ Italian on the bench.
Ranieri attended the club’s official media yesterday. He has never forgotten what was his house and that Cup that he gave so much to the Mestalla entity. “I hope that victory will be repeatedWe also played against Barcelona, against Real Madrid (6-0) and then we beat Atlético de Madrid. We started playing that year on July 18 at Intertoto. He was playing all year.”
Some memories that the Italian will never forget. “I remember the whole city on the streetI still have goosebumps. It was incredible. A final is always 50%. Betis is better and scores a lot of goals and hopefully we can repeat that victory for Valencia. That Valencia was a bet. There were champion players, but also young players and we made a good mix. Then I left and they reached the Champions League final twice. Then everything got better. I am very proud of those times. Valencia was awesome. I still remember Mendieta’s goal at La Cartuja. We played a very strong game and that was my football”.
He did not take the medal in the stadium
One of the anecdotes that the Italian has not forgotten was that of the medal after winning the final. “I stayed on the pitch and saw that I had to go up to get the medal. No one told me I had to go up for her and when I saw Radomir come up with Atlético on TV it was already too late, but then the players gave it to me”, commented the coach in the talk with the club’s official media.
