Do you know what has happened with Edu? INJURIED AGAIN, 6-7 months. He broke her right knee (the same injury he suffered in the left knee). The match against Sevilla was a terrible night for Valencia. We play bad, but not so bad to receive 3 goals. The referee...well...
We are playing very very bad until one month ago. Tonight, against Olympiacos in Mestalla we must play a great game to recover some of the lost hope the people had in the team. We are paying a lot the way we are suffering injuries this year. We need Albelda, Moretti, Marchena, Del Horno, Gavilan, Regueiro...But the most we need is Albelda. He is the captain and the main director in our team.We have ALL the left defenders in our team injuried (Moretti, Del Horno, Gavilan), we are playing with Cerra, a second team player. And the midfield without Albelda is not the same. Baraja is ok now to play, but he cames from another injury from August. The people here tought that with the return of Baraja, the midfield with him and Edu will be very better again, but now we don't have Edu.
So we are playing with Hugo Viana (not bad, but it's not the same)or Pallardo (second team player)
Regueiro will return today again to the team. Vicente (for me the best player in the team) stills with his problems in the ankle and tonight won't play because he must play agains Madrid on Sunday (Silva can't play...red card agains Sevilla).
Villa hasn't scored in the last 5 matches. Morientes still the same, always scoring. When Villa returns, all the defenders can start to pray hahaha. Tonigh, maybe we'll see Tavano. It seems to be a good player, but Quique doesn't gave him so many oportunities.
The possible line-up for tonight (Quique, maybe test Curro Torres in the left (he is right defender).
--------------Cañizares
Miguel - Albiol - Ayala - Curro Torres
Joaquín - Hugo Viana or Pallardo - Baraja - Silva
--------------Villa - Tavano
Steaua...yes we had here Adrian Ilie, La Cobra hahaha. His brother Sabin played here too...and Gabriel Popescu. And Miodrag Belodedic in 1992 since 1994.
Ovny, the stadium is designed by the English Reid Fenwick Associates, but yes...looks Calatrava thing haha.