Valencia is fighting for Europe

Valencia continues to move towards Europe. Last night he had to fight for seventy minutes achieved a brilliant start. Hugo Duro He inexplicably squandered a clear chance after Sergio Herrera’s false start, but Rubén Baraja’s men took the lead with a fine goal from André Almeida just three minutes later.

The truth is that the Mestalla club did not deserve the three points, but Valencia put on a defensive clinic for ninety minutes… and the extension, when Giorgi Mamardashvili He saved a penalty from Ante Budimir, who was blocked before taking a shot and took the maximum penalty centered and soft.

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Osasuna had them in all colors: Rubén García, Budimir on his knee, Herrando with a header… they all had very clear chances to, at least, tie the game in the first half, as the chance by Moi Gómez after a corner, which hit the post after a shot from outside the area hit Javi Guerra.

It was Jagoba Arrasate’s first match after announcing that he will not coach the Navarrese club next year and his players wanted to continue the fight for seventh place, but they had no luck. In the second half they besieged a Valencia that barely counterattacked and were tied down by a midfield, the local, that outpaced Baraja’s.

Even the changes did not improve a harassed Valencia, which saw Herrando equalize in stoppage time, but the header grazed the crossbar. Just two minutes later, Hugo Guillamón’s penalty on Budimir ignited El Sadar, but the failure of the Croatian extinguished Navarrese’s European dream and invites us to dream of a Valencia that will return to seventh position and that will play a real ‘final’ ‘ for seventh place next Saturday against Real Betis at the Mestalla.