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Rodrigo Moreno sprinted towards the near post, slotted the ball Authentic Mike Napoli Jersey past Marc-Andr ter Stegen and ducked behind the goal at the north end of Mestalla, team-mates racing to join the celebrations. In front of him, Valencias fans went wild; behind him a ballboy in a grey bib was busy reaching into a plastic carrier bag. David Vassilev is 14, he plays for Valencias Infantil A and in the middle of all the noise and excitement, the gathering crowd, players piling on, he had a job to do. He pulled out a big fuzzy orange wig hed been hiding and handed it over. Rodrigo put it on and, taking a step back, pointed to the sky. Referee Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva headed over, card ready, but something stopped him, as if on his way it dawned on him what this was.
It was Sunday night at Mestalla, Valencia versus Barcelona. That morning at the parish of Jos Mara Escriv they http://www.officialauthenticredskinsstore.com/womens_derek_carrier_jersey had held the funeral of former Valencia president Jaume http://www.officialcardinalsnflproshop.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_MARKUS_GOLDEN_JERSEY.html Ort, who passed away on Friday after long being ill with lung cancer, aged 70. On his lapel, son Jaume wore Orts Valencia badge, given to those who have been members 50 years. Among those gathered was club president Anil Murthy, along with four former presidents. At a club too often divided, few united like Ort. Few won like him, either. Bonico, they called him roughly, Mr Nice Guy. The mourners were joined by the presidents of Levante and Villarreal, and ex-players gathered too. It was match day and current players couldnt be there, but some had been to the chapel of rest the previous afternoon.
As they left, the striker Rodrigo, whod been speaking to Orts widow and his children, had an idea. He stopped by a shop and bought a wig. Before Sundays matchhe handed it to David. If I score, give me this. And while there must be a world of unfulfilled celebrations out there, on 60 minutes, he did score. David pulled out the bag and Rodrigo pulled on the wig. Everyone understood immediately even the referee did eventually just as theyd understood when a giant fan, two metres wide, was carried on to the pitch before the game, greeted by applause. Made by a Valencia supporters club in Aldaya in 1971 to celebrate winning the league at Sarri, Ort had brought it out 31 years later when they took the title in 2002 and again in 2004, parading it round the pitch.
He also wore a big fuzzy orange wig.
Around Mestalla on Sunday night, others did the same. The minutes silence became Justin Braun Womens Jersey a minutes applause, more meaningful. I decided to honour his memory and everything he did for the club, Rodrigo said afterwards. What Ort had done was huge; fans in similar wigs were paying homage to the man who, in three years as president, won two league titles, the Uefa Cup and European Super Cup, with Rafa Bentez as manager. A banner running across the south stand read: Jaume Ort: the president of a champion Valencia. Rest in peace. As if the symbolism was not powerful enough, when Rodrigo stood there, they probably felt more like contenders, more like what theyre supposed to be, than at any time since.
Valencias bus had crawled into Mestalla two hours before kick-off, barely able to edge its way along Avenida Suecia to the gate. Thousands of fans were there to greet it, packed in and singing. From inside the bus, it was emotional: the lads are awakening these great fans, said Rubn Ura, Valencias assistant coach. When you see that, its impossible not to go out onto the pitch like mad men, said Gabriel. Valencia arrived unbeaten, 12 weeks into the season, their best ever start. After two years of problems, twice finishing 12th, the second division closer than Europe, they are a club restructured and reborn, fans revived. People had started daring to ask the question, even inside the club: could they win the league? This match first versus second would go some way to answering that. Beat Barcelona and they could. And now here they were beating Barcelona.
For most of the first half, it hadnt looked likely. Barcelona used to be a Rolls Royce; now theyre a nice 4x4, Roberto Palomar wrote in Marca. The driver is the same: Leo Messi. And hed be effective driving a cement mixer. Yet Barcelona were playing better than they have all season, looking more like the team theyre supposed to be, if not quite the Roller they once were, moving the ball fast and pressing high, dominating territory and enjoying 76% of the possession. Samuel Umtiti was a cool as ever; Sergio Busquets was even calmer, above it all; Messi, his contract finally signed, the photo finally taken, was active; and Andrs Iniesta was enjoying his best game this year. If they hadnt created many chances, they still should have led by half-time. They were quite a lot better than us, Rodrigo admitted.
Valencia had just one opportunity, racing away with the speed and precision that defines them under Marcelino, Simone Zazas shot eventually pulled wide. For once, they caught Barcelonas players out of position and there was a particular reason for that: half of them were down in the other corner, confronting the linesman who hadnt seen Messis shot slip through Netos hands and legs and well over the line. As Santi Gimnez put it in AS: 47,775 people saw that it had gone in; the only two people who didnt are the ones actually paid to see it go in.
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