The club of Mestalla is approaching the last birthday before its centenary after having been imposed by 0-2 against Sevilla in a key game for their aspirations to play the next Champions League.
Regardless of the result of this Saturday against Alavés on the eve of the anniversary, the Valencian team is immersed in a good dynamic globally and with many possibilities to achieve its goal of returning to Europe.
Nothing has to do with its current panorama with those that were on March 18 two years ago and the past, when Valencia lived moments of turbulence, with the most view in the low area than in the top of the classification.
Two years ago, the festival came with the team placed in twelfth position and only 34 points, twenty-two less than it has today.
In addition, in the match immediately on his 97th birthday he had lost as a visitor in the local derby against Levante (1-0) and on March 20 the visit of Celta to Mestalla was waiting for him, in which the Galician team won by 0-2, which led to the dismissal of Gari Neville as a coach.
A year later, the situation was even worse, since Valencia, thirteenth with thirty points, spent the birthday party embittered by a 1-1 draw at home to Sporting de Gijón, a rival in the relegation zone that created many problems in Mestalla.
Now, the situation is marked by optimism, with a team consolidated in the upper area of the table that, although it is not at the same level as it showed in October and November, has been able to show its own style at the hands of its coach , Marcelino García Toral.
Good example of this is that three of his players are already above the ten goals in the league, a circumstance that was not produced in the Valencian club for a long time.
The Colombian central Jeison Murillo has spent almost three months injured, but in the thirteen league games in which he has participated, has not known defeat, with nine wins and four draws.
On the left side, José Luis Gayá is in one of his best levels as a Valencian, and the duo Geoffrey Kondogbia-Dani Parejo in the midfield is one of the most consistent in the championship.
In addition, at offensive level, Valencia has four players who have also stood out as Gonçalo Guedes for their verticality, and the three scorers: Simone Zaza, Rodrigo Moreno and Santi Mina.
The panorama of good news is completed with the entry into the team of young people who point to the top as Carlos Soler, Toni Lato or Ferran Torres, without the rest of the usual players (Neto, Montoya, Vezo, Paulista, Garay or Pereira ) has out of tune.
In addition, after the defeat of the beginning of February in his visit to Atletico de Madrid, the team has recovered after the adverse run of results in December and January, as the team has added sixteen of the eighteen points at stake in the six most recent games
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