Juan Mata Spain U21 report

Spain U21 are in the finals, but not as everyone expected. If you'd asked any "expert" before the game they would have all told you that Spain U-21 are going to cruise to victory by 2 or 3 margin. Well the match turned out to be a lot more interesting as Belarus scored a goal in the 38th minute after a weird shot that luckily went into Spain's net. De Gea had absolutely no work, no saves to make for 90 minutes, except getting the ball out of his net.

As the second half started Juan Mata found itself in a good position to score, jumped to a cross, but was barely late to head the ball. After few minutes Juan Mata made a superb pass and found Adrian alone on goal, but the striker missed the goal with his shot.

Spain U21 managed to score a goal in the 89th minute and bring in into extra time and Mata was once again instrumental in Spain's win as he started the action that lead to Spain's second goal.

In the end Jeffren fired a powerful long shot and made it 3-1 for Spain U21 with Mata having a solid showing once again.

Joaquin Sanchez could leave in the next 24 hours

Transfer talks between Valencia and Malaga are going rapidly over the transfer fee of Joaquin and could finish up quickly with an outcome that both clubs can be pleased.

Malaga has increased the transfer fee money for Joaquin to 4 million and with few clauses it would reach 5.5 million euros.

Valencia is pushing for 4.5 million euros raw money and additional 1.5 million in clauses. Valencia is very likely to accept a 5.5 million total offer from Malaga in order not to loose out Joaquin in six to twelve months for free.

How things turn out is anyone's guess at this point, but expect Valencia and Malaga to reach an agreement within the next 24 hours or 48 hours at max.

Valencia CF news

Vicente Rodriguez is set to go to England as reports have that he is being chased by 3 England clubs, though not everything is set and there are rumors that he is going to go to a Spanish club. Whatever the case I wish Vicente the best of luck.

New Atletico Madrid coach wants to bring Diego Alves and Bruno Saltor to his new club. I don't know if he'd herd, but Diego Alves just signed for Valencia CF few weeks back and is surely not going to be leaving for Atletico Madrid anytime soon.

The case with Bruno is different as his contract ends next season and he could well be on the way out for a little more than 1 million euros. I think the situation of him leaving is 50-50% depending on how the transfer market turns out for Valencia in the next 2-3 weeks.

In the case of Miguel Brito he is on the transfer list with a price tag of 4 million euros, but so far no club has shown any interest in the player. The player himself has expressed that if Valencia want to sell him, he'd like to return back to Portugal.

In some good news Ever Banega played the full 90 minutes for Argentina against Albania in a friendly match in which Argentina won 4-0. Ever Banega played quite good, spread the ball well and covered quite a bit of ground, but the main star of the match was Lionel Messi.
Anyways with Ever Banega possibly being sold this summer, maybe it isn't that great, although there were reports that he may in fact stay in Valencia.

Juan Mata Spain U21 report 2

Spain U-21 squad faced Ukraine U-21 squad and beat them convincingly 3-0. Juan Mata was once again the main player on the field and scored two goals for Spain U-21 ensuring Spain placed first in the group and will be in the semi-finals.

For the first goal Mata was basically at the right place at the right time and with only the keeper to beat he scored. The second goal came from a penalty, but his overall play was very good as well, although not as striking as his previous performance.

Mata has so far scored 2 goals and provided 2 assists, making him a standout player so far in the tournament. 

This tournament is very good for Mata as it makes Mata a better player, gives him more experience and its good for Valencia as well because he is our player and when he returns to Valencia he will come as an improved player.

Valencia CF wallpapers

Hi there, our friends at www.valenciacf.cz have sent me some cool wallpapers from their website and I'm posting them right now.
These will be followed by more wallpapers at a later date when there isn't much news to write.
Again if someone can create VCF wallpapers or already has some unseen send them to my email adress at slickr12345_at_yahoo_dot_com

Preseason friendlies

Valencia CF will have quite a few preseason preparation matches. There are curently 6 confirmed matches and 2 more matches that can happen, but again all of this can change and its not 100% certain.

Preseason fixtures:
19.07.2011:PSV vs Valencia
23.07.2011:Leicester City vs Valencia
30.07.2011:Sporting (L) vs Valencia
02.08.2011:Hamburg SV vs Valencia
06.08.2011:Liverpool vs Valencia
12.08.2011:Valencia vs Roma

Valencia CF interested in Nicolas Pareja

Spanish newspaper Marca is reporting that Valencia CF is interested in signing Nicolas Pareja who currently plays in Spartak Moscow.
Nicolas Pareja is 27 years old, is Argentine nationality and plays as center back. He has played once for Argentina senior national team and 5 times for Argentina U23 team in the 2008 summer Olympics.

Before he joined Spartak Moscow he played for Espanyol for two seasons and before that he played for Anderlecht for two years as well.

Reportedly Braulio Vasquez is going to travel to Moscow where he will meet with Spartak Moscow's representatives and inquire about the possible transfer for Pareja.

Valencia CF are said to be offering up to 10 million euros for the services of Nicolas Pareja. Valencia CF has at most 10 million euros for a central defender and this is big money that Valencia wants to spend on unproven player.

I'm not sure if this news is true or not, I believe it to be fabricated or maybe sort of inquiry about the player and price which doesn't mean anything, but if this news ends up being true that it is certainly bad business.
Nicolas Pareja is not worth 10 million euros, he is barely worth 5 million considering he missed half the season last season and previously he played for Espanyol, not really a big achievement.