Amid a wave of local pessimism and bewilderment that has lasted too long, the leader of La Liga arrives today at Mestalla with a golden opportunity to distance themselves from their theoretically strongest rivals, following the defeats of Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid against Betis and Athletic Club de Bilbao.
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Despite the huge excitement that this La Liga classic generates, a Valencia-Barcelona match that has offered great and thrilling games, it is possible that the Valencian stands will present an unusually lackluster atmosphere during the first 19 minutes of the match, if the protest organized by several groups of fans against Peter Lim, the club owner, achieves the desired effect.
Because this new protest consists of club season ticket holders not entering the stadium this Sunday at least until that 19th minute.
A statement asks the fans to direct protests “to the box”
Additionally, a statement asks the fans to direct their protests “to the box” during the match and to combine them with cheers for the team. The group ‘Curva Nord 10’ announced that after a vote among its members, “as a sign of rejection of the club’s management and against the current board,” they will protest at the entrance doors to the Animation Stand until the 19th minute of the match, a nod to the year of creation of the now centenary club, 1919.
They invite the rest of the fans to support the initiative, something that has already been done, for example, by the Libertad VCF collective, which previously promoted several similar movements.
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Even a figure as significant for the local stands as Mario Alberto Kempes, World Champion with Argentina and one of the greatest legends of Valencia CF, has joined the campaign in a video published in the newspaper Las Provincias:
“Gentlemen, please, I don’t want you to go after the coach, the team, or the entire staff. I believe they have absolutely nothing to do with it; the problem is the head of the snake,” said the former Argentine player.
“Don’t go to the stadium at all, let them play with an empty stadium. Let’s see what happens, let’s see how that feels,” says Kempes
“We can strike, we can do a pot-banging protest, we can do whatever and put up signs. That doesn’t matter to him. I’ve been thinking, because it wouldn’t be good for the team, but not going to the stadium. Don’t go to the stadium at all, let them play with an empty stadium. Let’s see what happens, let’s see how that feels. Season ticket, not one or half. Don’t pay for any more season tickets until the owner says ‘gentlemen, I’m going to put some money in so that Valencia improves what it has,’” said the executioner of the Netherlands in the 1978 final.
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