CS Marítimo 0 -
Valencia 1
Maritimo: Marcos;
Briguel, Cardozo, Guillerme, Miguelito; Olberdam, Bruno, Marcinho, Joao Luiz;
Lelo (Manu 59'), Moutinho (Fongaça 57'). 4-4-2. Valencia:
Renan; Miguel, Iván Helguera, Alexis, Del Horno; Pablo
Hernández, Edu (Manuel Fernandes 70'), Albelda, Angulo; Morientes (David
Villa 78'), Zigic (Mata 65'). 4-4-2.
Goals: 0-1. 12.
Morientes. Ran past defender and shot with outside of foot past Marcos.
Valencia beat
Marítimo 0-1 in a rainy night in Funchal, capital of the Madeira
islands, to virtually wrap up their tie. In view of the bad weather, Emery
decided to rest David Villa and play with Zigic and Morientes up front.
Curiously the Spanish international striker had never played in the UEFA Cup
despite has many appearances and goals in the Champions League, but within
twelve minutes he had his name on the scoresheet, picking up a pass from Pablo
and leaving Cardozo for dead before steering a shot past Marcos with the
outside of his foot.
The Portuguese side were
unlucky not to equalise when Miguelito's shot deflected off a defender on to
the crossbar early in the second half. As the game wore on Emery decided it was
safe to bring on Villa, but it proved to be a mistake as the striker was caught
by a late tackle as he shot just wide of the target, leaving him limping for
the last five minutes. And the Chés were let off the hook in the last
minute when Fogaça headed against the post. A good result though, and
they should have no problems wrapping things up in the Mestalla in a
fortnight's time. |