The Valladolid Sentinel
Squad21 Aug 2028
Amath N'Diaye breaks a bone — 22 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 22 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A one-man rearguard from Edgar Badía
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Match19 Aug 2028
Valladolid make home a hard place to visit
15 without defeat on their own grass. The pitch has not changed; the crowd has — louder earlier, and quicker to sense when the opposition would rather be somewhere else.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Filip Nović gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Filip Nović has just signed for Valladolid, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Tempers go at Valladolid
Federico Gattoni was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Valladolid
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match19 Aug 2028
A bad afternoon for Valladolid against Rayo Vallecano
1‑3 to Rayo Vallecano, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Vegard Erlien was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.99. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Market21 Aug 2028
One of our own: Rubén Carrasco joins the Valladolid first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rubén Carrasco is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Carlos Bravo joins the Valladolid first team
- Market One of our own: Luken Duran joins the Valladolid first team
- Market One of our own: Leo Peña joins the Valladolid first team