Valencia Soccer News

NYON, Switzerland (AP) _ Valencia defender David Navarro's suspension for his part in a brawl during a Champions League game has been reduced from seven to six months. Also Wednesday, UEFA halved Valencia defender Carlos Marchena's four-game suspension and reduced Inter defender Maicon's six-game ban from European club competitions to three. The ban for Inter's Ivan Cordoba was cut to two games from three. But European soccer's governing body upheld ...

Valencia right back Miguel was ruled out for up to three weeks Tuesday after straining his left thigh muscle during training. The Portuguese international is expected to miss Valencia's league matches with Recreativo Huelva, Deportivo La Coruna and Zaragoza, and the Champions League game against AS Roma on Dec 5. Valencia's season has been disrupted by injuries. David Villa, Fernando Morientes, David Albelda, Asier Del Horno, Carlos Marchena, Emiliano Moretti ...

Raul Gonzalez scored in the 52nd minute Sunday to give Real Madrid a 1-0 win over Valencia and move the team three points off the lead in the Spanish league. Raul's third goal of the season came from Roberto Carlos' low cross following a swift break down the left wing which also involved Jose Antonio Reyes. Madrid's victory at Mestalla stadium was its third straight and was achieved without the ...

Valencia badly needs an upturn in its domestic fortunes when it hosts Real Madrid in the Spanish league's standout match this weekend. The champions of 2002 and 2004 began the season confidently, sharing the lead after seven matches and suggesting it could wrest the title from FC Barcelona this season. But since then Valencia has gained two points from a possible 12, sliding down to eighth place, eight points behind ...

Valencia defender Asier del Horno could undergo surgery to fix his Achilles injury which has sidelined him for five months. The Spain left back hasn't played for Valencia since his arrival from Chelsea for a reported fee of eight million euros (C$11.4 million) in July. An operation would rule him out for another three months. ``We're going to wait two or three weeks,'' Valencia medical head Antonio Giner said in Wednesday's edition of El Pais. ``The sheath of his ...

Valencia can make itself firm favourite to reach the next round of the Champions League if it maintains its perfect start to this season's competition against visiting Shakhtar Donetsk on Wednesday. Valencia, which was the losing Champions League finalist in 2000 and 2001, leads Group D with six points after two wins. AS Roma has three points, while Olympiakos and Shakhtar each have one. Olympiakos entertains Roma in the night's ...

David Villa scored twice to help Valencia defeat Gimnastic Tarragona 4-0 and rise to second place in the Spanish league on Sunday. Fernando Morientes opened the scoring in the 14th minute of the fifth-round game at Mestalla stadium by running to the near post to turn home Villa's low cross for his third goal of the season. Gimnastic, making its return to the first division this season after a 56-year absence, saw its coach Luis Cesar Sampedro ...

Valencia captain David Albelda will be sidelined for two weeks after breaking a facial bone during Spain's 3-2 defeat against Northern Ireland. Albelda, who was substituted in the 28th minute of Wednesday's European Championship qualifier in Belfast, will undergo surgery on Friday, the club said Thursday. The midfielder is expected to miss Spanish league games against Atletico Madrid and Getafe, as well as its opening Champions League match versus Olympiakos ...

Valencia has loaned former Italy midfielder Stefano Fiore to Serie A club Torino for the season. Fiore had been informed by Valencia coach Quique Sanchez Flores that he would rarely play for the team if he stayed, news agency Europa Press said Thursday. Fiore, who has one year of his contract with Valencia to run, also spent last season on loan with another Italian club, Fiorentina. The 31-year-old joined Valencia from Lazio in 2004 when the Spanish club was ...

Injured Dutch striker Patrick Kluivert left Valencia by mutual agreement with two years left on his contract, sports daily Marca reported on its website on Wednesday. Kluivert was sidelined through injury for most of his first season with the Spanish club. The 30-year-old striker is believed to have received an offer to return to the Netherlands to join PSV Eindhoven, which plays Liverpool, Bordeaux and Galatasaray in the Champions League group stages. The final day for transfers is Thursday.