Valencia coach Gary Neville played down the side’s 6-0 win over Rapid Vienna in their last 32-tie in the UEFA Europa League, knowing the job is not done yet.
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Daniel Parejo, Alvaro Negredo and Andre Gomes scored inside the first 35 minutes to put Neville’s side, astonishingly, 5-0 in front…
The former Manchester United defender celebrated his 41st birthday on Wednesday evening with asecond win in as many games prompting one section of the Mestalla.to sing his praises with a familiar chant. We can’t celebrate victories [too much] midway through the season.
He did not taste victory in any of his first 12 league matches and has faced calls for his sacking from fans and the media.
As it stands, Neville is only contracted to Valencia until the end of the current season.
“I never thought I needed a result to see a turning point – sometimes we can not explain how we have not got wins”.
The Austrian outfit were breached on six occasions as Santi Mina, who chalked up a brace and three assists, ran riot. The squad are stronger, more confident. They were much better.
‘Words like confidence and belief are misued but you could feel those things coming back into the side when the second and third goals went in, ‘ he said. Until today we had had a good Europa League.
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“Tonight we saw what level we need to keep playing at, and we have to keep it that way”. “But Valencia showed a lot of class. I think we can assume we are eliminated but we will still try to win in Vienna”.
