Mestalla is a scourge for Valencia. There is no way to make it your own. And that’s where the team is missing the chance to settle away from the dangerous part of qualifying. Keep flirting with the danger zone. But reached the halfway point of the championship the team has shown a flagrant weakness. A weak point. Mestalla. Of the 30 points at stake, he has missed 17. More than 50%. A scandalous figure.
But there is more evidence that Mestalla is really choking for this squad. No longer has that fear-causing effect. Not only for public effect. Being on the Mestalla grass and seeing the verticality of the said stadium has always caused respect to the rival. But there is no trace of that footprint.
The factor that reveals what it costs Valencia is that of the ten games it has played at Mestalla in seven of them, it has started losing. Against Levante Betis, Real Madrid, Atlético, Sevilla, Cadiz, and Osasuna. Getafe turned the result around, like Athletic, and ended up tying both duels .
In the aggregate of these duels, he has gone below in nine of those duels. He has added 175 minutes with advantages on the scoreboard but 184 has been losing out of the 900 minutes corresponding to the 10 duels played at home in the Valencian stadium.
