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"Spanish national team and forward David Villa expressed condolences to goalkeeper Victor Valdes for his gross mistake, which allowed Valencia to win in a particularly important Sunday match. In the 44th minute of the match in Valencia, V. Valdes weakly passed the ball to defender Carles Puyol without being pressured by anyone, and D. Villa, who was the first to the ball, "overcame" the goalkeeper and scored the winning goal.
With this victory, Valencia, currently in second place in the Spanish championship, reduced Barcelona's lead to six points, although just two weeks ago it was twelve points. "Shame that Valdes made such a mistake, but I sincerely sympathize with him," D. Villa said after the match. "In our first games against each other, he made a similar mistake, but I am sure that this error will not affect him greatly because he is a great goalkeeper."
Valdes himself was very upset after the match: "It was a terrible mistake on my part. I am personally responsible for the loss. Although there is still a lot of time until the end of the season, our lead has been greatly reduced."
Due to this loss, Real Madrid also closed in on Barcelona, defeating Athletic Bilbao 2-0 away on Saturday. Now, the players of the Royal Club are in third place, seven points behind the leaders.
Valencia has not lost in 12 consecutive matches in Spain, and one of the "culprits" in this series is D. Villa, who has scored 15 goals this season."
