Valencia and a disappointment in the series

He Valencia He still hasn’t found the game that gave him such good results last year. And more than not knowing how to close their goal, Valencia’s lack of points is measured in attack, as it is the third team with the fewest shots in the entire Liga. Valencia has had 54 shots in the first eight rounds, which is behind only Espanyol and Valladolid in the standings, and is joined by Leganés, its next rival, on the list of shots on goal.

Valencia is “out of relegation” in a fictional classification of shots on goal, as it accumulates a total of 22, two more than Leganés, four more than Espanyol and eleven more than Valladolid, which was the team with the fewest shots on three sticks at the beginning of the league, with only eleven.

Because of this, almost everything is trusted by Rubén Baraja Hugo Durobecause Valencia has a goal problem. The Mestalla side are currently enjoying their worst scoring start in their history, with just five goals in eight games, so only the Madrid striker can fix this terrible start.

The player with the most runs in Anoeta

The Madrid striker, recently renewed until 2028, was the Valencia player who made the most runs at Anoeta even though he barely touched the ball despite recovering from a soleus injury that prevented him from starting in the final month of the competition. However, even though the striker has missed several games due to a muscle injury in his right leg, the forward continues to be the player with the most shots on goal for his team, with four, and is the scorer for a Valencia team where he scored two of the team’s five goals.

As if that wasn’t enough, last season he was already the great reference in Valencia’s attack, because without taking penalties, he scored thirteen goals and provided four assists for a team that barely scored of 20 goals, so he participated in almost half of the team’s goals. His return to the eleven seems to be a necessity for Baraja.