La situación del guardameta en el conjunto che era ya insostenible. Por lo tanto, tanto jugador como club han llegado al acuerdo de una disvinculación mutua, por lo que el contrato que tenía el cancerbero con los valencianistas hasta el 30 de junio de 2010 queda roto. Timo Hildebrand, quién llegase el año pasado procedente del [. Click to continue reading...

Here's this week's Bundesliga XI. It is packed with Bayer 04, Hoffenheim and Werder players. It does include a special shoutout to the man who ended Energie's goal drought, an under appreciated defender from Arminia and a goalkeeper who lost. 1. Schalke 04 Now 10 of their last 13 have been scored by defenders. Click to continue reading...

I didn't watch the Valencia-Almeria match yesterday as the game wasn't shown here in the United States. So instead of reveling in our 2-2 draw against Unai Emery's former squad, I was treated to the New England Patriots pasting my New York Jets (the Levante of the National Football League) with a quarterback who hadn't started since high school .

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You have to feel somewhat for German goal keeper Timo Hildebrand.

He came here last season to replace a Valencia legend and resident diva, Santiago 'Night Club' Cañizares.

He's in a strange country, full of strange customs and odd foods. He was expected to lead the new 'Renaissance of Valencia' under coach QQ Sanchez Flores and then Ronald Koeman.

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As first games go, this is about as good as you can get.

Valencia crushed Real Mallorca 3-0 at the Mestalla on Saturday night in the opening match of the new season. If you compare this to last season's shenanigans, a 3-0 defeat to Villarreal, we're doing ok.

The Basque Kevin Costner Unai Emery (I hear Gol TV used that line in their game commentary?

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(First half highlights above, second half after the jump.) It was "only" the Super Cup, but it's impossible not to think of this as a demoralizing, crushing blow for Valencia, and as a warning served to the rest of La Liga from Real Madrid. Yes, they've won the last two titles, but this was an absolutely [. Click to continue reading...

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Mit 6:0 fegte der FC Barcelona gestern den FC Valencia aus dem Camp Nou. Den Torreigen eröffnete Messi in der 4. Minute, es folgten Tore von Xavi (8.), Henry (14., 58.) und dem eingewechselten Jungstar Bojan (72., 79.), der das Debakel perfekt machte.

Die Bilanz von Valencia in dieser Saison ist düster.

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Might we see Jens Lehmann in the German second division? Following German national team coach Joachim Loew's remarks that Lehmann will have difficulty staying ahead of Timo Hildebrand and Robert Enke without regular play, Lehmann has said that "Given what the Germany coach says, I will have to see how things are in December... The Bundesliga is always attractive and is an option, and maybe the German second division is too. Click to continue reading...

Might we see Jens Lehmann in the German second division? Following German national team coach Joachim Loew's remarks that Lehmann will have difficulty staying ahead of Timo Hildebrand and Robert Enke without regular play, Lehmann has said that "Given what the Germany coach says, I will have to see how things are in December... The Bundesliga is always attractive and is an option, and maybe the German second division is too. Click to continue reading...

I don't think anyone would argue that Jens Lehmann's ego is in danger of deflating, but after posting a critical look at Lehmann's recent demeanor I happened to stumble upon a Live Journal site devoted to the defense of Jens Lehmann, so aptly named The Jens Lehmann Defense League. Basically, this community watches the German papers and English news and then delivers their personalized counter arguments, some of which I must say are weak. Click to continue reading...

I don't think anyone would argue that Jens Lehmann's ego is in danger of deflating, but after posting a critical look at Lehmann's recent demeanor I happened to stumble upon a Live Journal site devoted to the defense of Jens Lehmann, so aptly named The Jens Lehmann Defense League. Basically, this community watches the German papers and English news and then delivers their personalized counter arguments, some of which I must say are weak. Click to continue reading...

Newly-crowned Bundesliga champions VfB Stuttgart are looking to strengthen their forward line ahead of the coming season. They've allowed Jon Dahl Tomasson to make his loan from Stuttgart to Villarreal a permanent deal after the two clubs reached an agreement on a fee. Stuttgart's Swiss striker, Marco Streller, looks set for a move to Nurnberg, while forwards Benjamin Lauth and Daniel Ljubola don't appear to have a future at the club. Click to continue reading...