Mamardashvili locked the Mestalla

This Saturday is the tie between Valencia and Rafa Benítez’s Celta is the third match in a row in which Rubén Baraja’s men have not conceded didn’t go in much Mestallaa fact that the coach himself valued in the press room at the end of the game. Mamardashvilithe Georgian goalkeeper of the Valencian team, who had just finished with five goals at the Bernabéu, managed to bolt the Mestalla, turning it into an (almost) impregnable fortress.

Deck of cards was able to keep Valencia, in an erratic game they continued to add, a fact that did not happen last year because the lack of consistency in the defense caused any mistake of the team to be punished in the last minute and prevent them from adding , whether in the Mestalla or away from home.

However, thanks to his team’s perseverance, Rubén Baraja’s men were able to keep a clean sheet at the Mestalla in three consecutive games, something that This has not happened since February 2020, with Albert Celades as coach.

In that case, the Celades They kept a clean sheet in a 1-0 victory over Éibar, a 2-0 victory over Barcelona and a 1-0 win over Celta de Vigo, although that streak was snapped by the visit of Atlético de Madrid, a match in which the two teams tied two to two.

For its part, this streak began in the match against Cádiz, where the club Mestalla won two to nil, followed up with a one to nil victory over Granada and continued this Saturday with a goalless draw against Rafa Benítez’s Celta.

However, the people of Baraja see this streak in danger, because on December 16 those from the Turia capital will host Barça at the Mestalla, who achieved victory as a guest against Valencia in the last three games played. to them with the ultimate goal of Lewandowski during the extension.

But before that, he will visit Valencia first Montilivi and the Coliseum, in a calendar that seemed too difficult for the people of Baraja before 2023 was able to be closed.