Rubén Baraja’s bet on Jaume Domenechleaving inside Valencia in Giorgi Mamardashviliended Georgian’s streak of 53 consecutive games started, the longest streak in Valencia this 21st century.
They passed the bench Mestalla Gennaro Gattuso, Voro González and Rubén Barajabut, in these last two campaigns, Mamardashvili became a starter for all of them, thus reaching an unprecedented number since the goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta reached one more meeting, 54, between March 1997 and April 1998.
Since, Canizares reached 45 games in 2000, but only Roberto Fabian Ayala and the Asturian David Villa They managed to reach 35 consecutive matches as starters in this century.
Not even Dani Parejounquestionable for all coaches, reached 30 games and left his record at 27.
The numbers are distant, almost from another era, signed by the defenders Salvador Monzó and Juan Carlos Quincocesin the 1940s and 1950s.
Between May 1948 and November 1951, the defender of Valencia Salvador Monzo He went on to play 110 consecutive games as a player of the Valenciain a season where he won the Generalissimo Cup, against Athletic Cluband the Eva Duarte Perón Cup, against Barça, all as starters.
In its part, Juan Carlos Quincocesnephew of defender and coach Jacinto Quincoces, played 105 games from April 1954 to May 1957, playing three full consecutive seasons.
It also happens that those 105 games were his first games with the club, that is, since his debut in April 1954, he did not miss a game until May 1957. But also, after missing the first leg of the quarterfinals , end of 1956 -57 against Valladolidhe played another 42 consecutive games, making it 147 of his first 148 games as a Valencia player.
Because television is seen in color, only Fernando Gomezthe player with the most appearances in the club’s history, approaches the figures of Quincoces and Monzó. Between February 1992 and December 1993, the Valencian played 84 consecutive games as a starter, an almost unfathomable figure in today’s football, with two and three games a week and greater physical preparation that measures every gram of effort. .
Source: La Verdad
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