[ 4ª] Valencia - Atlético
臺灣時間 9/23 04:00
Estadio: Mestalla
Árbitro: Iturralde González
Valencia vs Atletico Madrid Preview
Atletico Madrid coach Quique Sanchez Flores has left Sergio Aguero out of his
squad for Wednesday's showdown with Valencia.
Aguero missed last week's Europa League trip to Aris Thessalonika due to a
leg injury picked up against Athletic Bilbao, but he was passed fit to start
Sunday's encounter with Barcelona.
However, the Argentina international barely made an impression in the 2-1
defeat before being replaced at the start of the second half, and Sanchez
Flores has decided not to risk the 22-year-old against Valencia.
Tiago is also missing through injury while Tomas Ujfalusi is also absent
following his red card against Barca.
Ujfalusi has been the centre of attention after his late foul on Lionel Messi
saw the Argentinian stretchered off.
It looked bad for Messi but tests have revealed no ankle break and the FIFA
World Player of the Year only looks set to miss a couple of matches.
Nevertheless, Ujfalusi's challenge has been widely scrutinised, criticised
and commented on in Spain, with suggestions the Czech defender could have
faced as much as a 12-game ban.
Instead, Ujfalusi was tonight handed a two-game suspension by the Spanish
Football Federation (RFEF).
Earlier today Sanchez Flores faced questions about the incident, with the
former Valencia, Real Madrid and Spain defender saying: "I hope common sense
prevails. There was no intention from Ujfalusi to injure Messi. I hope the
ban isn't very long."
Sanchez Flores also took a swipe at the media, claiming the incident would
not have got created the same furore if it had not been on a superstar like
Messi.
"All this is happening because it is Messi, a great player, and his injury
deprives us of watching him. Everybody loses out when Messi is not on the
pitch," added Sanchez Flores.
"The magnitude of everything that has happened is down to the status of the
player. I've seen many tough tackles and many times nothing was made of it.
"Kun Aguero [injured following a challenge by Athletic's Carlos Gurpegi] left
San Mames injured and it was as if nothing had happened.
"Ujfalusi is a strong man who goes in hard and in every injury it is partly
down to toughness and party down to misfortune."
Atletico's loss to Barca ended the Rojiblanco's perfect start to the campaign
and saw them drop from top spot to fourth in the standings.
They were replaced at the summit by tomorrow's opponents Valencia, who now
boast the only remaining 100% record in La Liga.
Los Che have beaten Malaga, Racing Santander and Hercules so far, while they
have also enjoyed an impressive start to their Champions League challenge,
thrashing Bursaspor 4-0 in Turkey last week.
Valencia were knocked out of the Europa League at the quarter-final stage by
Atletico last season - the capital club going onto win the competition - but
coach Unai Emery insists revenge is not part of his thinking.
Instead, Emery's goals for tomorrow's game are three-fold, saying: "We want
to win to pick up the three points, to have a good game at the Mestalla to
entertain our fans, and to overcome a rival who can be considered to have the
same objectives as Valencia."
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的事。雖然我風聞一些，揣測一些，有時因為知道醜陋之類東西皆在我解釋的範圍
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