Copa del Rey Preview: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 versus Villarreal (Part 1)
Villarreal will be hoping that their http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jozy-Altidore-c19634 is back to his top-notch form in order to earn a first team appearance for the Spanish outfit as they head into a fierce battle against Valencia.
The encounter will occur at the home ground of Valencia, Estadio Mestalla in the Copa del Rey Round of 16 encounter. The 21-year-old American prodigy is the new sensation from United States and it is expected that this star will summon Villarreal’s emergence into the footballing greats.
Villarreal used him as a last minute substitute in their last victory, which happened to be in a La Liga fixture. On Saturday, in the match against Mallorca, Altidore was brought in place of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Giuseppe-Rossi-c15027 in the 84th minute.
The manager of Villarreal Juan http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Montero-c26784 are on the starting list.
All youngsters are capable of dealing deathly blows to their opponents; however, they still have to prove their dominance on the world scale. Nevertheless, this will be the perfect opportunity for them to show their manager that they are ready for bigger responsibilities.
This first encounter of the 2 legs can also prove to be testing grounds for Garrido. Therefore, the manager is expected to introduce some new tactics and formations.
He will have to compensate for the lack of experience in the team. It remains to be season how the 41-year-old coach, who has risen from within the ranks of Villarreal, will manage to overcome that deficit.
Nonetheless, there is another tactic that Garrido could adopt and that is staying with the current offensive partners up front. That would mean he would have to use the legendary Rossi and the Brazilian talent http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nilmar-c28044.
Both players have been the star veterans for Villarreal this season and Garrido has appreciated the job they deliver in attack. Hence, with a team such as Valencia who went onto draw against Manchester United 1-1 in the Champions League bout, it is expected that Garrido will use players that are more experienced.
After all Villarreal have been trying to gain silverware for some time now so the manager has to start using more of an aggressive approach to his games. Nonetheless, with a mixture of first team and second team players it is reckoned Altidore will shine from Villarreal ranks.
Another reason for playing Altidore is that the two goals the player has scored this season have been acquired in Cup fixtures. They came with the former New York Red Bulls player scoring apiece on each leg of their encounter against Polideportivo Ejido.
Therefore, he was the reason the Yellow Submarine’s are in the Round of 16 in Copa del Rey. As Altidore has had most success in the Cup, it can be confidently said he will feature in the meet up.
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