Mestalla is no longer a fort and Getafe feels at home

One of the keys to Valencia that returned to playing metal and playing games in the most important stadiums on the planet was make Mestalla a fort. The Che made their field a place to sweat blood to obtain some income and they kept alive in the fight for Europe last year until the end thanks to the good performance they gave with their audience behind their back. Without going further, Between the middle of the 2018/2019 season and last year, the team managed 28 games with just one loss, accumulating 16 wins and 12 draws, leaving rivals like Barcelona and Real Madrid on the way.

But that great Valencian project disappeared and with it fell the stones and rocks that had made the stadium che an insurmountable castle. Those of Voro at that time lost to Athletic Club (0-2), at the end of last season and from there, the fortress lost all force that he had won for a long year and a half.

This season things have continued in that vein, in addition to the results (1V-1E-1D), the feelings of the black and white playing at home have not been good. It is true that the Valencian fans are noted as the most and in a situation of such a complicated extra-sports context, the team has missed the support of their own after the COVID-19 measures (they have passed from obtaining 71% of the points to 58%).

However, the feeling of inferiority that he has shown as a local transcends the fact that there are no fans in the stands. Los de Gracia in addition to just adding a victory, have had less possession than his rival in every game and they have finished less on goal than any of his three rivals. In the last game against Betis, the bats were clearly beaten and had hardly any options in the 90 minutes.

Getafe at home

In that context of weakness as a local, Getafe arrives at Mestalla next Sunday to put its finger in the hole. Those from Bordalás feel at home in the Valencian fiefdom (Curiously, the house that could have belonged to the azulón technician himself), in fact under the command of the Alicante they have not lost in LaLiga there.

The rivalry of both teams had the ecstasy for the valencianistas in Copa del Rey with that famous 3-1, but in the domestic competition the Madrilenians win in the particular balance in the last five years with two wins and three draws. Next Sunday Getafe will seek to extend its idyll with Mestalla while the Che can hold on to this year the 'Geta' has not managed to win away from home.