Griezmann-inspired Atletico crush sinking Valencia

Barcelona (AFP) – Antoine Griezmann pulled the strings for Atletico Madrid as they shredded Ruben Baraja's helpless Valencia 3-0 in La Liga on Saturday. The French forward opened the scoring for the hosts at the Metropolitano and continued his own superb form with another fine display at the heart of Diego Simeone's side. Atletico Madrid's French …

Arsenal 3 Valencia 1: Lacazette brace turns first leg on its head

Alexandre Lacazette scored twice as Arsenal came from behind to beat Valencia 3-1 at home in the first leg of the Europa League semi-final. Mouctar Diakhaby headed Valencia into an early lead at Emirates Stadium on Thursday but within 14 minutes the Gunners had turned the tie around. Lacazette first finished off a swift counter-attack …

Valencia 2 Villarreal 0 (5-1 agg): Lato and Parejo set up Arsenal semi-final clash

Valencia set up a Europa League semi-final against Arsenal as they made light work of Villarreal by winning 2-0 on Thursday to seal a 5-1 aggregate victory. Holding a comfortable 3-1 advantage from the first leg, Toni Lato got things started for Valencia following a bright start, volleying home from close range after superb work …