VALÈNCIA. Valencia, who became the bottom club in La Liga this Friday, continues to show no signs of a reaction—neither mentally nor in terms of performance—that would suggest hope for the future. The team continues to plummet week by week and has entered freefall.
The defeat this Friday against Valladolid, who were also bottom of the league at that very moment, exposed the fragility of a Valencia side that is plagued by individual mistakes and defensive errors, as seen in their match against Rayo Vallecano, and lacks the means to turn a match around, having not managed a comeback since April 2023.
But beyond the lack of concentration or mental inconsistency, Valencia simply does not have what it takes to win. Frustrated on the ball, this Friday they had seventy minutes to equalize, and against Rayo at Mestalla, they had eighty minutes to manage their deficit, but the players mainly focused on crossing and shooting from distance without knowing how to hit the target. This is evident as they are the fourth team that strikes the least on goal.
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In their fifteen matches, they have only shot 45 times, and furthermore, they have made just 13% of all available shots. All of this combines to place Valencia at the bottom of La Liga, despite having two matches left to play but with fifteen rounds already completed.
They have managed just two victories in those fifteen matches with four draws—two at home and two away—since the Valencia squad has yet to taste victory on the road.
Rather than capitalizing on teams performing worse than themselves, like Las Palmas, who won at Mestalla after arriving in the last place and firing their coach, or Valladolid, who were still without a new manager and sitting at the bottom this Friday, Valencia has further sunk against these direct rivals.
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In those ’emotions’ matches, Valencia has succumbed to desperation and lost on both occasions, showcasing once again that Peter Lim’s project, which advocates for disinvestment and reliance on youth as a key asset, falters when it fails to complement the quality of young players with the experience of more seasoned veterans and those with La Liga experience.
Despite these numbers, it is now that Valencia is ‘analyzing’ the future of Rubén Baraja at the helm of the squad, as up until now, the club had maintained a sense of normalcy regarding this matter. However, this Friday, Valencia’s sporting director, Miguel Ángel Corona, refrained from making comments on that subject upon arriving at Manises Airport.
Nevertheless, this ‘analysis’ being undertaken by Valencia is conducted by their top executives, corporate director Javier Solís and sporting director Miguel Ángel Corona, just before embarking on a key week for Valencia’s aspirations, where they face two significant matches for survival against Espanyol and Alavés.
Therefore, should they decide to dismiss Baraja, Solís and Corona—along with president Layhoon Chan, who steps aside in this realm—have little time to find a coach to take the bench by this coming Wednesday and ‘organize’ the team, which serves as yet another reason for the ongoing chaos at this club in recent seasons.
Beyond all this, Valencia has a General Shareholders’ Meeting next week, where they aimed to approve a financing operation of up to 325 million euros to complete the Nou Mestalla, while still failing to invest in a squad that should sustain the club in La Liga and generate revenues.
