The Valencia of madness

Madness took hold of Mestalla yesterday when Valencia achieved against all odds tie the match against Atlético de Madrid. That game the che had practically lost, but the team’s faith and the aim of Hugo Duro They gave those from Bordalás a point that allows them to continue looking at the top of the standings and that is no longer a surprise for LaLiga teams.

And is that yesterday was not the first time in which the Turia ‘scratched’ some point in the final moments of a meeting. On the second day In Granada, Robert Moreno’s men saw victory slip away in 88 in a penalty committed on Gayà that Carlos Soler later transformed for the final 1-1.

The same happened before Athletic, but here the difficulty was greater: One goal under and with one player less those of Bordalás were seen with the lost party when the minute 90 had already been fulfilled. Nevertheless, a miraculous goal from Marcos André allowed the lions not to leave the stadium with victory.

And since it seems that Bordalás and his people like challenges, before him Mallorca the thing was already more incredible: In the 92nd minute, Valencia lost 0-2, but in ’93 and ’98 Guedes and Gayà put the tables to drive the Valencian fiefdom crazy, in a situation very similar to that experienced yesterday against Cholo Simeone’s men.

Those four ‘extra’ points, those four points of complete faith that those of Bordalás have added allow them go to the break with another face. The che occupy tenth place in the standings, they have 17 points and are only two points behind Europe, assuming that the seventh place of access to Europe, something that has happened since 2006 but that only occurs if the Cup champion occupies European positions. However, not having achieved those four ties mentioned they would be fourteenth and only three points above the decline. Faith moves mountains.

From madness … to self-criticism

Although it is remarkable that Valencia and its madness have allowed the team to add points, with the passing of the days the discourse in the dressing room has changed. From the euphoria in Granada he went to happiness against Athletic, against Mallorca there was also joy although Gabriel Paulista He showed his anger in public for drawing at Mestalla.

Well then yesterday those doubts already went further and Bordalás did not hesitate to do self-criticism publicly in the press room that “now we can be euphoric for the tie, but we can’t fit in that much and We just look like what I want us to be when we get hit and not from the initial whistle. “