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No joy for Neville as Valencia's Cup hopes hit by draw

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Valencia's coach Gary Neville (R)
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Gary Neville's difficult start to life as Valencia coach continued as Los Che could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to Las Palmas in the first leg of their Copa del Rey quarter-final on Thursday.

The Cup has been Neville's safe haven so far, winning all three of his previous games in the competition whilst simultaneously failing to deliver a win in six attempts in La Liga.

However, Wilfried Zahibo's own goal leaves Valencia with plenty of work to do in next week's second leg despite Paco Alcacer's second-half equaliser.

"They only had one chance in the game which was the set piece," said Neville.

"We were anxious in final third, but at least we had sustained attacks. We didn't deserve to be down in that game.

"We keep going behind and it'll be a very difficult game for us, but it'll also be very difficult for Las Palmas in the return."

Alcacer had a great chance to give the hosts the perfect start, but could only fire against the body of goalkeeper Raul Lizoain when played clean through on goal.

Las Palmas didn't even have a shot on goal before half-time, but, such is Valencia's luck at the moment, they still managed to go in front when French youngster Zahibo headed an aimless free-kick into his own net at the back post.

As so often this season, Alcacer came to Valencia's rescue when they were in desperate need of a goal as he fired home his 11th goal of the campaign just after the hour mark.

And substitute Alvaro Negredo missed a great chance to hand Valencia the advantage in the tie when he failed to properly connect with Jose Luis Gaya's low cross in stoppage time.

Sevilla will take a 2-0 lead into the second leg of their tie against Mirandes - the only remaining second-tier side in the competition.

Goals from Steven N'Zonzi early on and Vitolo deep into stoppage time secured a 10th consecutive home win in all competitions for Sevilla.

Holders Barcelona are well-placed to make the semi-finals once more after winning 2-1 at Athletic Bilbao in a repeat of last year's final on Wednesday.

La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid still have work to do, though, as they were held 0-0 at Celta Vigo in their first leg.
Source :AFP

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