Valencia is the pupae of LaLiga. Javi Gracia’s team is today the one who receives the most fouls of the entire championship with 315 infractions in their favor, something that is not by chance if certain variables are taken into account. Mainly that the team that has gotten used to it to play counterattack in actions that are liable to be arrested for fouls of the rivals, without going any further against Athletic, ten were received by the team.
It is true that of those more than 300 fouls only three have finished in the net of the rival goal: against Huesca he scored Wass; Against Alavés Guillamón; Against Athletic, Vallejo. The striking thing is that despite being the team that receives infractions the most times, it has not yet been able to score one in a way with one shot. Well it is true that Wass’s goal against Huesca was a center that entered without anyone else touching the leatherHowever, the action was more a shipment to the poisoned area than a shot itself.
Against Athletic the last to try was Maxi gomez but his shot went sky high. Previously, Gayà, Wass himself, Soler or Kang-in They have tried their luck from the front of the area with the leather stopped, but so far none have managed to score and make forget to Dani Parejo and his masterful free kicks.
“Sometimes we have to do something to stop the rivals”
The faults in favor contrast with those made by the black and white team itself. Without being one of those who perform the least (11th with 279), the technician Javi grace on some occasion has incited his own to execute tactical offenses to stop rival counterattacks.
And despite the inexperience of the staff che (25.5 years on average, the youngest in the competition), the team seems to have taken that indication seriously. In the Cathedral the only yellow that the Che saw was for Carlos Soler, who received it precisely after brazenly – but not violently – stopping a rojiblanco counterattack. Instruction completed.
