What we should support most now is Baraja and his “nano” | Relief

The photograph that headlines this author’s article is as unusual as it is representative of what Valencia is today. A pineapple. It is not at all common that before a game, when players first hit the green, stand in a circle and talk to each other, Usually one is wearing helmets, another is with a mobile phone, the third is thinking in silence… But in this Valencia, where the players are colleagues, they go out together and live life, this does not happen. Almost the entire team talked before the gamein the locker room they knew about the upcoming game, pFor many of them it was their first match at the Mestalla.. His first lucky game since he broke into the team midway through and avoided relegation.

And this excess impulse, emotion, desire to please the public took its toll. Valencia went out to eat Celta, but as soon as they missed the first bite and got it from their opponent, his nerves got the better of him. It was by no means a bad game for Baraja’s team, in fact they reached the opponent’s goal much more often than other times, but they looked nervous, under attack, too eager to experience one of those “balcony” evenings on the Avenida de Sweden. So what can I say then?

What It’s time to support “la quinta del Pipo”. It’s time to encourage them now that Javi Guerra He’s been wrong in the last few games, or Fran Perez ended up disappointed that he was traded, or today that the miles and miles he ran Hugo Duro They ended without the purpose that in other cases comes. It’s time to cheer on the up-and-coming Jarek, the sensation Pepela or the resurgent Jesus Vazquez. It was time to do it because most of the Mestalla did exactly that at the end of the game: just whistles and chants in support of the players who gave it their all.

What happened today This can be understood as a normal phenomenon in a young squad.. Very young. where the majority live his first full year in the elite. Just too much nerve killed some of the guys who wanted to bring joy to their people, now that they had managed to make them forget the fear of relegation, which last year was closer than ever.

So now is the time to support this team, these guys, and also, and quite rightly, criticize the large shareholder who does not allow Diego Lopez, Javi Guerra and company to have veteran players around them or on the bench to help them internalize these emotions. Today this role has been taken over by Hugo Duro, Gaia when he came out, Paulista or Pepelu. dragging equipment, but they were very alone. Very lonely thanks to Lim’s work and grace. So, since Lim left this club to its fate, let his people remain by his side, they deserve it.