The keys of Voro

Voro González (L'Alcudia, 1963) He went to Mestalla on Sunday aware of what could be coming again. Anil Murthy had already given him a warning that Javi Gracia's continuity was in danger if he lost against Barcelona and that he, as on six previous occasions, would be in charge of taking Valencia's ship in the middle of the storm to take it to port no harm to regret. And so it was and so Voro hopes it will be.

Grace, who Lim did not want to fire before partly because he did not pay a severance pay and mainly because the season since it began he saw it as a mere transition, with no other desire than permanence, and the idea was to break the relationship once the season was over, he was not fired for losing against Barcelona but for the dynamics in which Valencia lives (3 points from the last 18). The fear of relegation took hold of those around Murthy at the club and Valencia was entrusted to Voro so that the pathetic year does not end in a hecatomb.

Voro, who has directed Valencia in 38 league games (18 wins, 47.37%; 6 draws, 15.79%; and 14 losses, 36.84%), you know how treacherous football can be when a team is in a spin and the 6-point mattress with the lowering doesn't tell you anything. At least nothing good. Voro knows what he's up to because when one is known as the ‘Fire extinguisher’ it's for something.

By time and form, the current situation resembles the first, April 2008. Voro replaced Koeman in a Valencia that had 39 points (now 36) and when there were five days left (now four), although in that one he had more pressure (only two from relegation) and also more staff ( he came from winning the Cup with Villa, Silva, Joaquín …). His debut was against Osasuna, a match he won 3-0, moving four away from relegation and recovering Cañizares, Angulo and Albelda for the cause, who had been pushed aside by Ronald Koeman.

Voro's secret, which only debuted with defeat in one of his acting times (the last one, after Celades's dismissal), is his closeness to the players (He lives with them all year round and solves countless day-to-day problems for them). Its concepts are basic, clear and simple. He usually opts for a 4-3-3, defending by accumulation and attacking by speed. Voro takes the duties of being a coach with the utmost responsibility, although he never aspired to make a living from it, hence He does not make inventions or write down any player's license plates or think beyond the next game.