VALENCIA 0-REAL SOCIETY 0 | Draw by decree of Remiro

Valencia and Real Sociedad signed a draw by decree of Remiro, colorless for some and for others. It prevents those from Bordalás from approaching the noble zone of the classification, from which they continue to five points, although with more and more traffic involved. It really is hard to think of such high heights when they add five days without winning and they only took the three points against Villarreal in the top ten of the League. So his destiny goes through the Cup, from which Real Sociedad was dropped this week. The people of San Sebastian wanted to forget about her in Mestalla, although they signed their third consecutive game without seeing a door. Without a goal there is no paradise. In their case, the point does not distance them from Europe, but neither does it consolidate them in it.

Valencia and Real Sociedad staged a thick but intense match. Of more struggle than football, with few spaces and many legs. Thus, the chances, in the first half, were few and far from clear. In that phase, the black and white claimed a penalty for LeNormand’s grab of Maxi Gómez, although the struggle between forward and defense did not deserve such punishment.

La Real, in their favour, knew better what to do with the ball at their feet and out there, and on the Portu side, they barked, although without actually biting. The most striking occasion was a header from LeNormand, who had the entire goal to himself, but the ball headed into Mamardashvili’s area of ​​action, one of the many novelties that Bordalás presented in his eleven.

It seems that Bordalás chose eleven and the drawing came from them. To the casualties of Alderete and Paulista, Diakhaby was added at the last minute. The solution from Alicante was a line of three behind, with the two healthy center backs he had left, Cömert and Mosquera, and his all-round boy called Foulquier. Thus the absences conditioned the system while the Cup semifinal next Thursday was the cause of the rest of the rotations: Carlos Soler, Guedes and Hugo Duro, who has earned his substitution to be seen as something abnormal.

Valencia, with Thierry and Gayà as lanes, played more in their field than in their rival’s and their game only transmitted something when the ball passed through the feet of Bryan Gil, who by age has the future of many of his new teammates and more present than any. Sheriff, like Bordalás, also used the wardrobe due to the cup hangover and introduced up to seven new faces with respect to his eleven against Betis. And the truth is that Isak’s substitution was appreciated by the three black-and-white central defenders.

The fear of being left without one of them, specifically of flycatcher, to whom Sánchez Martínez came to notify him when he already had a yellow card, led to the entry of Carlos Soler after passing through the changing rooms. This led to a system change. Guillamón went to central and the team to a 4-4-2, with Yunus and Maxi as an offensive duo. The charrúa did a lot of good, he broke down and oxygenated the team based on bruises, although again he erred in the main reason why he signed a striker: the goal. Bryan Gil, who else, put a fantastic pass between the lines, leaving him hand in hand with Remiro, who won the duel.

Maxi’s occasion came shortly after Real Sociedad disallow a goal for offside and moments before Cömert requested the change due to injury. The misfortune of the Swiss, who was nervous as on the first day, brought Foulquier back to the center of the rear, although with different dance partners. Imanol used resources and introduced Isak, Januzaj and Silva, who was received by Mestalla with the honors of a football legend.

La Real stretched his blanket with a view to disturbing Mamardashvili a little more, although the one who really had to intervene was Remiro. This time the one who stayed face to face with him was Bryan Gil, although the man from Cadiz managed to position himself for the shot in fits and starts and the goalkeeper held up well. And so, with no goals to count, a game ended that, in terms of delivery, is summed up with the bloody face of Mikel Merino after a fortuitous clash of heads with Hugo Guillamón.