Valencia are currently on the rise and have won three of their last five games. However, they will be tested this weekend when they take on Barcelona at the Estadi Olimpic, especially as they will be without one of their key players.
On Sunday, Valencia won their first La Liga match under new head coach Carlos Coberan as they defeated Real Sociedad 1-0 at the Mestalla. One of their best players in that match was Cristhian Mosquera, who has looked back to his best since the management change.
However, the young defender picked up a yellow card in the latter stages of the match and as a result he has now triggered an automatic one-match suspension as it was his fifth La Liga booking of the season, according to Marca. .
It is the first time in his career at Valencia that Mosquera has received a suspension, and it comes at a terrible time for him and Los Che, as they will have to be very strong defensively if they want to stop Barcelona, even if the Catalans have done. lost their last three La Liga matches at the Estadi Olimpic, which will provide some consolation for Corberan's side.
With Mosquera unavailable, highly rated defender Yarek Gasiorowski is expected to replace him in the starting line-up for Sunday's match against Barcelona. Fellow centre-back Mouctar Diakhaby is making a comeback after being out since February last year with a serious knee injury, but that match is expected to come too soon for him, especially as a starter.
It will be two meetings in ten days for Valencia and Barcelona, as they also face each other in the Copa del Rey at the beginning of February. Los Che will be hoping they can achieve positive results in both matches, starting with this weekend's encounter.
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