Anchored in Seville, two years of the Copa del Rey

Two years have passed since more than 20,000 throats gathered in the streets of Seville to celebrate that Valencia was going to play the Copa del Rey final against Barcelona. Normally, the order in such an important match is usually match + celebration (if there is victory), but the fans did not care about that and even before playing they were celebrating the mere fact of living a final eleven years later. That has already happened two years, 730 days or 24 months, the same is, and certainly Valencianism is still anchored in Seville and with good reason.

Because since then everything has gotten worse, from the social situation to the sports situation, obviously going through health with the Coronavirus. Valencianism lives anchored in the streets of Seville because the present is frightening and the path traced since that May 25 is a free fall which is still unclear if it has concluded.

And it is that beyond the reasons that led to Peter lim to decompose that project, which have been analyzed in previous chapters, the truth is that the greater gravity of that resides in that the largest shareholder has not been able (or did not want to) to hit the key either that allows the club to remain competitive. The numbers make it clear that this year has seen one of the worst Valencia in history, but the seasons lived since that 'Copazo' leave striking data.

Because on the one hand, since that appointment, Valencia has only been able to win 31 matches of the 92 played reaching just 33% of the triumphs. The greatest success is true that it has reached the Champions League qualifying for the round of 16, however, since Valencia reached the ceiling it has not found regularity in the results … nor on the benches.

Because neither Celades nor Javi Gracia have given the answer that was expected, to the point that since the final in Seville the coach with the best winning percentage is … Voro. The Valencian has led the team twice since May 25 and has added 4 wins in 10 games, reaping better data than Celades (16 wins in 41 games) and Javi Gracia (11 wins in 38 games).

A new beginning

What to say about the squad of that final, of the Sevila starting lineup that was made up of Jaume; Wass, Garay, Gabriel, Gayà; Soler, Parejo, Coquelin, Guedes; Rodrigo and Gameiro. There are only half left and beyond the sales necessary to make cash and other circumstances, the main problem is once again that departures have not been compensated with signings.

With Bordalás about to close after Lim's 'ok' and a market that seems difficult again for the che but in which they have tried to move with some advance. The 2021/2022 season will be the third opportunity for Mestalla de stop seeing the final in Seville as the memory of something that will never return and begin to envision the future of sport as something to be conquered. The social future is another story.