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Commentary
8¹A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing Sampdoria 'keeper.
15¹A shot from TONI seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
16¹GOAL!! A long ball from DAVID LUIZ had the Sampdoria defence back-pedalling and MODRIC made the most of the opportunity with a great goal. (1-0 Valencia)
21¹TÉVEZ beat MAGGIO and drilled the ball to HIGUAÍN who blasted his shot wide.
24¹JORDI ALBA booted the ball wide from the edge of the box.
28¹GOAL!! An outswinging corner was hoofed clear only for BALE to thump the ball into the back of the net. (2-0 Valencia)
31¹TÉVEZ steamed through the Sampdoria defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
32¹WILEY cautions DAVID LUIZ.
37¹GOAL!! A tackle from BOJAN gave Valencia a free-kick twenty-five yards out which MODRIC thundered past CASTELLAZZI. (3-0 Valencia)
38¹A penalty box meleé resulted in TONI knocking the ball wide.
43¹HIGUAÍN shot wide.
44¹JOÃO PEREIRA made space on the right and dragged the ball to TÉVEZ who clipped the ball over.
45¹JORDI ALBA fluffed an easy chance.
15²GOAL!! A patient Sampdoria side were rewarded with a fierce shot from MEXÈS. (3-1 Valencia)
17²GOAL!! An inswinging corner hoofed out by MEXÈS was blasted home by HIGUAÍN. (4-1 Valencia)
21²GOAL!! A poor clearance fell to PEPE who sliced a shot goalward, luckily BOATENG was on hand to blast the ball into the net. (5-1 Valencia)
25²A cross from ALABA left BALE in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
28²A mix up in the Sampdoria defence enabled BALE to thump the ball wide.
30²The 'keeper managed to claw away a powerful shot.
35²A pin-point pass was collected by GASBARRONI and his right foot shot flew narrowly over.
41²BALE blasted a right foot shot over the bar from long range.
42²VERTONGHEN headed over.

 
Valencia
 
League position: 1
Home league form: WWWW
Overall league form: WOWWWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Samir HANDANOVIC7½17 Luca CASTELLAZZI
Jérôme BOATENG8½26½Christian MAGGIO
JORDI ALBA Ramos7½36½Pablo ARMERO
David ALABA7½45½ROMEU Oliveira
(c)PEPE7½57 Philippe MEXÈS
DAVID LUIZ Moreira7 66½Emiliano MORETTI
JOÃO Pedro PEREIRA4½76 Sam RICKETTS
Gareth BALE8 86 Andrea GASBARRONI
(p)Gonzalo HIGUAÍN7½97 Luca TONI(c,p)
(f)Luka MODRIC7½105½Marco BORRIELLO(f)
Carlos TÉVEZ6½115½BOJAN Krkic
Manager
Óscar DE MARCOS  12  Nathan ECCLESTON
DIEGO Alves  13  Samuele DALLA BONA
PEDRO Eliezer  14  Matteo CONTINI
Jan VERTONGHEN7 15  AISLAN Paulo
Neven SUBOTIC  16  Angelo PALOMBO
 
Sampdoria
 
League position: 18
Away league form: OLLL
Overall league form: OWLLLLLL
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Valencia 5 Sampdoria 1
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 48,990, Stadium: Mestalla, Referee: Alan Wiley 7½)

Modric 16¹, Bale 28¹, Modric 37¹, Higuaín 17², Boateng 21²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Mexès 15²
João PereiraóVertonghen 15² 
  
David Luiz 32¹ 
30
19
73
104
122
226
53
63%37%
Man of the match: Jérôme Boateng