Topic: Ernesto Valverde

Villa returns with goal as Valencia go fourth

Spanish international David Villa returned with a bang scoring his seventh goal of the season as Valencia defeated 10-man Almeria 3-0 on Sunday to move into the top four.Villa missed the 0-0 draw with Barcelona due to a thigh injury but started ...

Goal-shy Villarreal frustrate fans and Valverde

Villarreal and their new coach Ernesto Valverde were still waiting for their first win of the season on Sunday after a frustrating 0-0 draw with 10-man Espanyol. Despite their opponents being a man short for three-quarters of the match, goal-shy Villarreal could ...

Zigic haunts Racing as Valencia triumph

Serbian striker Nikola Zigic came back to haunt old club Racing Santander on Sunday, coming off the bench to score a 60th-minute winner as Valencia won 1-0 at El Sardinero.Zigic replaced the injured David Villa on 56 minutes and took just four ...

Valverde feels heat as Villarreal lose again

Villarreal coach Ernesto Valverde came under more pressure on Sunday as his side slumped to a 1-0 defeat at Deportivo La Coruna to leave them languishing second from bottom of the table.Deportivo's Brazilian midfielder Juca, a summer signing from Partizan Belgrade, scored ...

Valverde frustrated as Villarreal held again

New Villarreal coach Ernesto Valverde is still waiting for his first win in charge after his side drew 1-1 at home to Real Mallorca on Sunday.Italian international forward Giuseppe Rossi put Villarreal ahead on 54 minutes but Borja Valero, on loan from ...
Real Madrid fans are tingling with excitement at the prospect of seeing Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and company strut their stuff as their new-look 'Galactico' team host Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday in the curtain-raiser to the 2009/10 Spanish league season.It has been ...

Olympiakos release Valverde

Olympiakos Piraeus announced Friday the club were not renewing the contract of coach Ernesto Valverde despite the Spaniard leading the club to the league title and Greek Cup.According to team spokesman Yiannis Moralis, Olympiakos had made a number of proposals for a ...