Continuation of the 4th day of La Liga. This Saturday afternoon, Valencia moved to the Estadio Mendizorrotza to face Deportivo Alavés, freshly promoted to the Spanish first division. Beaten last weekend by Osasuna at home (1-2) while it remained on two straight wins, the club hoped to raise its head against a Basque team alternating the good and the less good since the start of the season. (2 losses, 1 victory).
From the start of the game, Luis Garcia’s players dominated the proceedings. After only 40 seconds of play, Alaves obtained a penalty following a risky exit from the opposing goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili on Luis Rioja. Kike Garcia failed a first then a second time in front of the Georgian. But two minutes later, the goalkeeper of 22 was deceived by his own defender, Cenk Özkacar, allowing the Basques to lead on the scoreboard (1-0, 6th). At the end of the first period, Kike Garcia came very close to doubling the bet, but the Spaniard found the post. Back from the locker room, Ruben Baraja’s men pushed to come back to score by multiplying the chances, in vain. With this second consecutive defeat, Valencia slips to 10th place. For his part, Alavés carried out the right operation and temporarily climbed to 9th place.
