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Wednesday 30 October 2013

Valencia stunned by Almería's Marco Torsiglieri and Aleix Vidal. Almería produced the result of the season in the Primera División with a shock come-from-behind victory at Valencia. Without a win from their 10 league matches and coming into the game on a run of five successive defeats, the bottom club were priced as long as 28-1 by bookmakers to triumph. But, despite conceding a penalty to Jonas just after the half-hour, Francisco Javier Rodríguez's side produced a second-half fightback with goals from Marco Torsiglieri and Aleix Vidal. The loss was Valencia's third in a row in the league and is likely to place their Serbian coach, Miroslav Djukic, under considerable pressure. This latest embarrassment comes after a 4-1 humbling at Villarreal on Sunday, a result Djukic claimed had led to a loss of morale among his players. In front of their own fans at the Mestalla, Valencia struggled in the opening exchanges, barely creating a chance of note before the Brazilian midfielder Jonas scored his fifth of the season from the spot after Hernán Pellarano had handled in the area. Two fine saves from Esteban Suárez either side of the interval to deny Juan Bernat and Javi Fuego kept Almería in the hunt until the hour mark, when they hauled themselves level. On loan from Metalist Kharkiv, the Argentinian defender Torsiglieri rose to meet an inswinging corner from Suso to plant home a header from six yards. Less than nine minutes later Vidal struck from 12 yards for his second goal of the season to put the visitors in front. Helder Postiga then had two late chances to salvage a draw was unable to spare Valencia's blushes.

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