Soler, the breed of the bat

Carlos Soler returned the smile to Valencia in Valladolid. His goal broke an eight-game winless streak and took him away from the sewers of the table. Carlos Soler, the boy whose grandfather Rafael won for football thanks to giving him a Game Boy, which he wears from the age of 7 in Paterna and that At the age of 24 he is already in the Top 100 of players with more games in Valencia (166), scored his sixth goal in the league in Pucela (plus four assists), which translates into his goals They have given 42% of the points to Javi Gracia's team (8 of 19)

“Day after day he is taking the place better and exploiting his hitting power,” Gracia commented on Carlos Soler's influence on the group. The canterano is the seventh player in the League with the best average of goals per game (0.43), being the highest scoring midfielder; only Maxi Gómez has sought more the opposite goal among his teammates (12 times Soler), he is the third who recovers the most balls (79), the one you spend the most in the long run (41) and it is together with José Luis Gayà, another with a bat breed, who has given the most assists (4).

Carlos Soler, whom Marcelino picked up on the wing due to the presence of Parejo, Coquelin and Kondogbia, is once again that arriving midfielder who was polished, among other technicians from the school that, Ruben Mora, who delayed him from the lead to the middle, or his idol Ruben Baraja with which he coincided in the Juvenile.

“He is a total midfielder, he can play 6, 8 and 10; I know him; he has physique, power, long pass, arrival, he has a goal … and he should take more fouls”


Curro Torres, his coach at Valencia Mestalla

“He is a total midfielder, can act 6, 8 and 10; he has power, physique, arrival and has a goal “ list Curro Torres, who directed it at the subsidiary che and that promises greater projection: “I know him and I know that he has not completely let go yet, His level will go up and with the ball hitting he has, the responsibility he already assumes on penalties should also be held when taking the fouls “.