The three slogans of the recovery of Valencia

Valencia’s victory against Villarreal has led a shot of joy to the capital of Turia. Not only because the three points after seven games without doing itNor because the victory came in a different way at a tactical level than the rest of the triumphs of the year, since Valencia defended much more closed than the rest of the course, where the pressure in rival field had been a hallmark of identity. But because tactical matters on the sidelines, Bordalás recovered ‘his’ Valencia and saw reflected on the field of play three key slogans in which he had insisted during the crisis of results.

On one side, the aggressiveness and solidarity of the team was reflected in the fact that for the fifth game of the year the che committed more fouls than their rival (19 to 17). This isolated piece of information may be meaningless, but statistics indicate that When this happens, out of five games the che only lost once. A lot more Valencia was seen against the yellows bronco that in previous appointments that he did not refuse the contact, if not that they tell Emery that he saw them with Gayà. Of course, it is certain that Bordalás has noted in his notebook of improvements that Villarreal beat them in divided duels, something to improve for future appointments.

The second slogan was more than evident: cut the bleeding of goals conceded. With 17 goals in eleven games the che were a tear in defense that the coach wanted to dry. For this he was forced to give up his usual high block pressure and close the team more, in a defensive line that when the moment arrived it became a 6-3-1, with Marcos André and Helder Costa doing an outstanding helping job. The result speaks for itself: The nine shots received – only one on goal – represent the second lowest record of the seasonTherefore, it is not surprising that the goal was zero.

And finally the verticality. The coach was not satisfied with the fact that against Mallorca the team performed excessive horizontal passes for the style of play that he raises and urged his during the week to be much more vertical. And said and done, the team looked ahead and not to the sides and the clear example is in the players behind. Against Mallorca, Gabriel passed the ball to Diakhaby eleven times… in 45 minutes the Frenchman was on the field. While against Villarreal in all the time he was in the field Gabriel only passed the ball twice to his rear teammate, Alderete. Another example is Hugo Guillamón that against Villarreal the player who passed the ball the most was not to another Gonçalo Guedes, who played as a forward.