VALENCIA. On the real stage and with the greased ounces. Valencia returned to Mestalla yesterday three months after he stepped on it for the last time, also without an audience, against Atalanta. And Celades continues to reinforce the ideas he trains at Paterna since the Training Protocol has allowed him to bring his entire group together.
The coach has an eleven on his head for the return to competition and in the session in Mestalla he repeated some patterns already launched in the Sports City. With Piccini’s absence, Florenzi seems to win integers on the right side ahead of Wass. At least this has been the two times that Celades has allowed to foresee a possible first eleven with time still ahead for the final decision.
In defense, Gabriel Paulista and Gayà also start ahead for the derby, Coquelin and Parejo in the middle, with Guedes and Soler at the sides (still waiting for Ferran), and Rodrigo and Gameiro in the lead. They are the nine footballers who have repeated in the preseason ‘matches’. In the goal, Cillessen has also become accustomed to starting among the starting theoreticians.
Yesterday at Mestalla simulated much more of a real encounter than what was put in place in previous sessions. Two parts of 45 minutes, the scene of the first meeting and with two sets face to face (blue shirts against white) that, however, Celades saw fit to modify with some changes at certain times.
Doubts, in defense and attack
Despite the fact that Celades begins to grease his own and maintains a fixed idea for the start of La Liga waiting for possible changes five days after the big day, there are two positions that, for the moment, remain with doubts. Gabriel’s couple against Levante remains to be seen, as the coach has tried Guillamón, but also Diakhaby.
At the point of attack, Gameiro wins integers to form start because of the recovery of Maxi Gómez. According to El Desmarque, the Uruguayan was absent from yesterday’s friendly at the stadium because he continues to treat the injury to the fifth metatarsal of his left foot. This could even put him as a doubt to enter the list of 25 that the coach has to give ahead of the appointment on Friday. In any case, the Frenchman wins integers to be the Valencian striker in the derby.
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