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Valencia makes perfect debut against Mallorca

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Valencia begun the Primera Division with a super 3-0 victory against Mallorca.
The  game started bad for Valencia when in the 11 minute the visitors received a free-kick inside the penalty box because of a back pass to the goalkeeper.

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david villa

Anyway Nunes couldn’t find the goal.
The scores was opened by who else then David Villa, the man who refused Real Madrid and signed a new contract with Valencia.
The half time score was set by Mata who pass the ball in to the net after Moya’s save.
The second half was controlled by Valencia which showed an excellent form and announced as a candidate for the top places at the end of the season.
Vicente came on to replace Silva and in the 83 minute he ended the score table.
Mallorca seems to suffer after their star Guiza, the Primera top goal scorer last season, who followed former Spain coach to Fenerbahce.
Valencia are trying to repeat the performances that they had 6-7 years ago when they were challenging for  Primera and Champions League trophies.

Mutu is ready for Juventus

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Adrian Mutu recovered from injury elbow and is set to start in the Fiorentina’s attack  alongside Gilardino.
Mutu suffered an injury while training with the Romanian national team.
Fiorentina will start the Serie A season against rivals Juventus on Sunday .

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mutu

Fiorentina and Juventus finished forth and third respectively and qualified both in the Uefa Champions League groups. Both teams were out of top European football due to the financial problems and later the calciopolli scandal.
Both teas will miss some players, Gianluca Comotto, Riccardo Montolivo and Martin Jorgensen are injuried and Semioli suspended from Fiorentina respectively Trezeguet injuried and Sissoko suspended.
Mutu had a perfect season last year scoring 17 Serie A goals and 8 in Uefa Cup. Mutu was closed to Roma this summer, the clubs already agreed on his transfer. The one who stop the deal was coach Cesare Prandelli who considers Mutu a key player of Fiorentina’s squad.
Mutu expressed once again his love for Florence and the respect for supporters. Fiorentina offered Mutu a new contract.

Will Barcelona succeed this year?

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Barcelona did not win any trophy in the last two years and due to that they decide to make massive changes.
First they begun with coach Frank Rijkaard wich was replaced with Guardiola. They also sold the important names from Barcelona’s squad like Ronaldinho, Deco, Thuram , Zambrota, players that Guardiola considered that they somehow lost their motivation for Barcelona.

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barcelona

Also Eto’o was on the move but finally the player will stay. The new team will be constructed around players like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Bojan, Henry.
Barcelona spent the biggest amount of money  in transfers this year with 90 millions euros, the next team is Liverpool with 62 millions.
Barcelona bought important players like Daniel Alves, Keita, Hleb, Caceres, Pique.
On the other part, Real bought only Rafael van der Vaart, but they were also after a striker. The first option was Ronaldo from Manchester but finally Ronaldo will remain for at least one year at Manchester.
The other options were David Villa from Valencia and Huntelaar from Ajax. David Villa expressed his wish to stay with Valencia but there are still chances due to the financial problems that Valencia are facing.
The other  important teams that  strengthened are Villareal, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla.
Now it remains to see how which team made the best acquisitions.