Valencia breathes. And he does so thanks to the heat, and the three points, which gave him Soler's goal in a play in which it seemed that Masip could have done more. On a freezing night and a balanced game, the clearest chances were cool, but the pucelanos had their options to, at least, tie. With this victory, Gracia's team moves away from the relegation zone and approaches a Valladolid that crashed a shot on the post in the 95th minute.
The game started with a lot of rhythm and good intentions. If Wass easily surpassed Nacho and his center was crashed by Gayá in a rival, in the opposite goal Roque Mesa threw to the side. And both times before reaching minute 2. Those from Gracia managed to reach the second row from the right and that endangered Masip's goal, but Gayá's attempts did not go in the right direction. Cheryshev also began to feel comfortable on the left, giving Luis Pérez a hard time, who was not helped by Jota. The clearest chance, double, was for Valencia. Gayá fired at the post and his rejection forced a great save from Masip, rising from the ground after a second shot from Soler. The Pucela, for its part, was lost at this time. In defense, San Emeterio could not reach all the aids to the full-backs, he did not receive collaboration and the team suffered, while in attack, the pucelanos were uncomfortable before the block so close to their rival. They did not contact Roque Mesa and Kike, on the inside, and they were barely able to get balls to their bands, so the approaches to Domenech were almost anecdotal.
At the beginning of the second half, Real Valladolid came out with another verve, with more Jota and Weissman participating, whom Domenech knocked down, but the Israeli was offside. Nor did the scorer reach the center of Kike by centimeters, repeating the play of the winning goal in Getafe. The game was balanced and Maxi had a clear opportunity inside the area, a little heeling, and the shot went to the post, the second Valencian player of the game.
The meeting turned into a round trip in which Soler hit with a whip from outside the area that slipped into Masip's goal. The goal left Valladolid touched, which, however, eagerly sought a tie. Hervías put in a sensational ball from the right, but Plano missed by centimeters and Orellana put up a free kick that Guardiola finished off the post in the 95th minute, so The Ché took the victory that gives them oxygen to get out of a complicated area to which they are not used to, while the Pucelanos will have to continue fighting to avoid falling into these dangerous positions.
POLEMIC VAR:
In the 88th minute the referee gave Vallejo's goal, but the VAR warned him that it was offside.
Changes
Boiled (69 ', Kike), Oscar Plano (69 ', Toni Villa), Manu Vallejo (72 ', Lee Kang-In), Orellana (80 ', Luis Pérez), Ruben Alcaraz (81 ', Roque Mesa), Sergi Guardiola (81 ', Joao Filipe), Yunus Musah (90 ', Wass), Lato (90 ', Cheryshev)
Goals
0-1.75 ': Carlos Soler
Cards
Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
VAR Referee: Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva
Bruno Gonzalez (22 ', Yellow) Carlos Soler (57 ', Yellow) Mouctar Diakhaby (81 ', Yellow) Orellana (85 ', Yellow) Thierry Correia (94 ', Yellow