Even Real Madrid desperately desperately strengthened FC Valencia, which takes a huge step towards relegation.
After the first half of the season, the traditional club was in 20th place in La Liga. The first descent since 1986 (!) Threatened. But Carlos Corberán, who took over the coaching job at the six -time Spanish champion at the end of December, again steered the club into safe water.
In one game more, Los Ches now have a seven points ahead of the relegation ranks in 15th place. After the catastrophic first half of the season, Valencia is in third place in the second round table with 21 points after eleven games.
Corberán even comes from Valencia
The Corberán team, who himself comes from Valencia and once kicked in the youth of the club, is even in front of Real Madrid in the second half of the season – and of all people, they added an extremely sensitive defeat on Saturday.
What means a setback in the fight for the league crown for the Real Madrid was a huge step towards relegation for Valencia. In addition, it was the first away win for almost a year.
In Spain’s third largest city to Barcelona and Madrid, something like calm seems to be stopped.
In the past, there had always been trouble, especially with regard to owner Peter Lim. The businessman from Singapore is hated at the fans because he mainly uses the club for his own purposes. For the last time he was in the stadium in 2019.
“The hardest decision of my life”
One of the main responsible for the positive news in the new calendar year is Corberán: the 42-year-old is just about to swing up to the shooting star at his home club.
He started his coaching career at the age of 23. He finally landed in Saudi Arabia about the youth teams from Villarreal, and then he went to England via Cyprus and Greece.
There he had signed a contract at West Bromwich Albion until 2027, but followed the offer from his homeland in December. As “the hardest decision of my life”, he should describe this decision in a public letter.
Corberán’s return becomes the perfect story
“It makes me happy that we can make our club and our fans proud,” said Corberán after the sensational victory against Real and was happy about the big step towards relegation.
“There was a lot of hard work and dedication from everyone who works at Valencia CF and a tireless effort to achieve this goal,” he praised his team. Corberán’s return to his home Valencia is becoming more and more a perfect story.