Real Valladolid

While this title seems a bit pointless because of this season Real Valladolid’s performance in the Spanish League (only 4 points above salvation with only 4 matches left), the Mendilibar’s team could play UEFA the next season due to their fair play.


UEFA rewards the Europe’s most sportsmanly three teams every season in order to promote fair play on the continental football. To achieve this, it selects one team for each country of Europe and then makes a darwing of three slots for the UEFA Cup. This year it will happen in May 13 at Manchester and Real Valladolid is the third most sportsmanly Spanish League’s team after FC Barcelona and Villarreal. However, these teams have an assured place to play European competitions the next season, so Real Valladolid is near to be selected as the Spanish representative. Of course, only if Deportivo who are at 2 points from Real Valladolid don’t surpass them before the raffle.


UEFA has in mind the behaviour of the supporters, the positive game, the respect to the referee and to the rival, and, of course, the number of yellow and red cards showed to the team’s players. Even though the priority for Real Valladolid is to survive one year more in the Spanish League, it is also true that they could play the UEFA Cup the next season.

The Spanish League is going to end soon but there is nothing decided yet. The goals of Atletico de Madrid and Real valladolid are an example of this, two teams who are fighting for different purposes without hesitation. On one hand, Atletico de Madrid want to assure their place for the next season’s Champions League. However, Real Valladolid only aim to survive one season more in the Spanish League.

Both teams showed us which are their main strengths during the last date of the Spanish League. Atletico de Madrid scored six goals against Almeria (6-3) while Real valladolid won Levante for 0-3 with an easy victory that puts some distance between them and the last positions of the Spanish League by five points. With such an impressive presentation, it was unavoidable a match between them that will take place the next April 13. We expect a clash of titans in need of keeping alive their goals, good football and more important, the remind of the Spanish League first leg match, where Atletico de Madrid won Real Valladolid for 4-3. The “pucelanos”, playing as the home team at Nuevo José Zorrilla stadium, can become the great surprise of this new date of the Spanish League! Will we be able to watch in this match as much goals as both teams are used to score on their matches?