The debate is on the street. Valencia’s squad is short of cash. Bordalás lacks wardrobe bottom. And during the nine rounds that have been played it is something that has been evident. Whether what the team needs is to turn the screw to overcome an adverse score or if, on the contrary, what is needed is to hold the result, it has become clear that Bordalás lacks wickers to react from the band to what he sees on the grass.
Last Sunday, against him Barcelona, the first of the situations occurred. Marcos André, Yunus and Cheryshev came out in the second half, with 2-1, to try to at least scratch a point. But the opposite happened, his departures took pressure off Barça who even scored the third goal in a counter. Without charging against the American, Bordalás expressed himself like this in the press room. “He has entered a very difficult time, we thought that with his energy he could bring imbalance. He has not been as successful as we would have liked, but he is a young boy and he will improve,” argued Bordalás about Yunus.
Nor did the reaction mechanism that Bordalás activated in Sevilla. After receiving a 3-0 very early, Hugo Duro closed the gap and there was time to try at least attempt a comeback. Marcos André, Yunus and Koba They entered with that task but the team did not score soon and in the end Bordalás dedicated himself to reserving troops. On Cádiz Bordalás also threw Helder and Manu Vallejo to try to score a goal and take all three points. Although it is true that this time the changes came in 85 ‘, with few minutes to shine.
The same case happened in the match against Real Madrid although this time it was about saving the rent after completing 80 brilliant minutes (1-0). Nevertheless, the changes (Helder, Marcos André and Racic entered) they coincided with the madridista reaction which ended up flipping the scoreboard. The changes did not give the team the necessary oxygen.
However, in matches against him Osasuna and, above all, the Athletic, those who entered from the bench did give him the necessary benefits to end the crash as Bordalás had in mind. In El Sadar they came out Hugo Duro and Foulquier at halftime, when the score was 1-1. Valencia ended up winning 1-4. Likewise, in the match of the seventh match, before the Athletic, Valencia started losing 0-1 and was also with ten due to the expulsion of Maxi. The departures of Jesús Vázquez and Marcos André did revolutionize the game. In fact, the goal came down the left wing after a shot in the Brazilian’s discount. In the games against Getafe, when the changes were very late; and Alavés, already 3-0, the changes were hardly relevant.