Valencia and the 'Soler Factor'

When in summer the Parejo, Kondogbia, Rodrigo and company left the Valencia Football Club, two circumstances remained more than clear within the che squad: The first that the season would be complicated and the second that the locker room would require new leaders. After the first quarter of the competition both have been proven true, on the one hand with 13 points in twelve games Che look more down than up and on the other hand footballers like Soler or Gayà have assumed the reins of the team.

In the case of Carlos Soler their influence is being a determining factor. Not only in the locker room where since this year it is one of the captains, but also on the pitch. After a start in which he could not participate due to muscle problems, on his return he has been transcendental in all Valencia matches, proof of this is that Of the 12 goals the team has scored, he has participated directly in 9.

Five goals, three assists and a key line-breaking pass It has been his letter of introduction as a reference in the campus in this 2020/2021 academic year. From his first assist at Villarreal, to the goal and the goal pass against Athletic, to the penalty hat-trick against Madrid, the influence he had on the two goals in Vitoria and the penalty scored against Getafe, Carlos has participated in 75% of the goals of his team since he returned from injury.

Some effective numbers but unfortunately insufficient so that your team could add little more than one point per day and above all, that it has been able to dominate possession in matches, in fact in the last three appointments they have not reached 40% of leather dominance in any. The creation of the game is being one of the most complex problems in the team as reported by Javi Gracia on Saturday “we are creating little or nothing”Therefore, despite the good numbers, Soler has no choice but to continue growing and the rest of the team do the same to solve a problem that, with the Camp Nou on the horizon, it starts to be more than worrying.