🏆 Glory days: When Valencia were crowned kings of LaLiga | OneFootball

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The contrast with the present is bleeding for Valencianism, but that's no reason to stop remembering the glory.

And it's that on May 5, 2002, exactly 23 years ago, Valencia was proclaimed league champion and today the club has wanted to remember it on its social media.

In that team, coached by Rafa Benítez, players like Fabián Ayala or Fabio Aurelio stood out, authors of the two goals that certified the title at La Rosaleda in Málaga.

That Valencia knew how to recover from the sale of references like Mendieta, Farinós or Claudio López with the arrival of footballers who knew how to mark an era like Baraja, Marchena, Aimar or Vicente.

After the two lost Champions League finals, in 2000 and 2001, Valencia celebrated that league as a prelude to the double in 2004.

📸 Tim de Waele