Valencia monitor Guido Rodríguez as midfield linchpin limps before Racing trip | OneFootball

Valencia began the week under Óscar Sánchez, monitoring Guido Rodríguez’s sore foot as a long pause precedes their return at El Sardinero on 11 October.

According to Superdeporte, starters recovered indoors and the rest trained outside. The club aim to use this near three-week window under a new coach, with talks in their final details and Javier Aguirre poised to take over a side on 4 points from 21.

There is no fear over Guido’s involvement in that fixture, but the Argentine is nursing pain from a heavy stamp in Vitoria. It forced him off on 70 minutes against Alavés for David Otorbi, then on 69 against Real Sociedad for Harvey Elliott.

He left Mestalla with a sore right foot and a limp after barely training all week yet pushing to start. Real Sociedad’s first-half press unsettled Valencia’s midfield and errors mounted. After the interval Aaron Mayol scored and supplied the pass that led to the second.

Filip Ugrinic was withdrawn at half-time for Otorbi as Valencia sought depth, and a diminished Guido lacked like-for-like cover at pivot. In Vitoria, before his change, he imposed order and helped Mayol play with calm.

The break will be used to restore Guido to full fitness and to monitor Luis Rioja, who scored against Alavés but was restricted late on by plantar discomfort. The expectation is that both, especially Guido given it was a stamp, can be ready in Santander. The squad rest on Tuesday, return Wednesday, which could be Óscar’s farewell, and Aguirre intends a first contact at Paterna before the week ends.

Source: Superdeporte

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