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On Saturday, the match between "Valencia" and "Betis" started the 2006/2007 Spanish "La Liga" championship. Valencia celebrated victory in the first championship match with a score of 2-1.
2 - 1
34` [1 - 0] Fernando Morientes
52` [1 - 1] Xisco
72` [2 - 1] Raul Albiol
With the changes in the offseason, Valencia took the initiative from the very first minutes of the game and played for a little over half an hour, with Brazilian Edu, who missed a large part of last season due to injury, making a great pass in the penalty area to newcomer Fernando Morientes, who defeated the Betis goalkeeper with a beautiful shot.
After the break, Betis failed to create anything very dangerous again, but in the 52nd minute, due to a mistake by Valencia defenders, Entique Romero lifted the ball into the penalty area, where Francisco Xisco with a beautiful header next to the post defeated Santiago Canizares and equalized the score.
However, Valencia proved its superiority. After twenty minutes, young Raul Albiol broke into the penalty area and scored the winning goal for his team. Later, David Villa and the same Morientes had opportunities to score, but they lacked a bit of accuracy and luck.
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