If we had to put a name to the reaction of the Valencia that allowed him to save a point in Mendizorroza and that he was close to giving him all three that would be the one from the Cadiz striker Manu
Vallejo. His departure revolutionized the team, he was the author of the tie and had in his boots the last great opportunity to complete the comeback. A new accolade for the confidence you have in him Javi
Grace and that according to the coach confessed before the crash, grows every day. Play or not.
Vallejo entered at the same time as Gonçalo Guedes with half an hour to go, with 2-0 on the scoreboard and when Valencia was unable to take advantage of the improvement it had experienced. In the first ball he touched, he left only Kevin Gameiro to cut distances, but his teammate was not quick. Then it was the French who gave him the goal after bypassing Pacheco. Vallejo celebrated it by ‘vindicating himself’ with a pat on the chest and was about to do it again when, at the end of the discount, he was about to beat the goalkeeper of the Vitoria team with a Vaseline.
After his ownership on the 3rd day, he had barely appeared
This deployment came after several games in which he had hardly had a leading role. After his ownership in the third match against Huesca, he had barely appeared, which led to ask Gracia about his situation before traveling to Vitoria. And the coach, who had cleared the same question about Guedes by pulling topics, made a fiery defense of Vallejo.
“Confidence in Manu Vallejo is not that it has decreased, it is that with each passing day I trust him more. He has a maximum commitment, he plays every minute with full intensity, but I have to make decisions, “he explained.
On Sunday he left him on the bench again, but he again pulled his hand when the situation was complicated and this time the man from Cádiz was decisive, as he was already on the first day against Levante when he entered with the match tied at two and he scored a double that gave the team three points.
Manu Vallejo scored against Alavés
Vallejo has already clearly advanced Rubén Sobrino in Gracia's rotation and with performances like that of Vitoria he can continue to gain positions, and even lead the coach to give up playing with a hitch to put him as a second forward.