New coach, identical disappointing end result for Valencia.
In the debut of coach Ruben Baraja, struggling Valencia misplaced at Getafe 1-0 on Monday for its fifth straight loss within the Spanish league, and sixth in a row in all competitions.
The end result dropped the normal membership to second-to-last within the league, two factors from security, and was anticipated so as to add gas to the protests from followers in opposition to Singaporean proprietor Peter Lim.
Captain Gabriel Paulista went to speak to the Valencia supporters at Coliseum Alfonso Pérez Stadium after the match. Some followers held “Lim Go Home” indicators.
“They have to stay with us till the top,” Gabriel Paulista said. “We will keep fighting until the last minute. It’s complicated to be in this situation, but we can’t be afraid of what can happen. We have to keep trying to win matches.”
Valencia has only one league win in its last 14 games in a poor run that started under coach Gennaro Gattuso. He was replaced by Baraja, who previously coached in the second division.
“We paid for not capitalizing on our chances,” Baraja said. “They scored off a set-piece and it cost us three points that were very important. But I’ll stay with the positive, which was the effort and the attitude of our players. We know it’s not going to be easy, but we will keep competing.”
Valencia subsequent hosts third-placed Real Sociedad after which visits league chief Barcelona. Getafe is at ninth-placed Villarreal within the subsequent spherical.
Striker Borja Mayoral scored his first purpose since January within the 82nd minute to finish Getafe’s seven-match winless streak in all competitions and transfer the workforce out of the relegation zone. It was sixteenth.
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