Valencia opened their 2010/11 Primera Liga campaign on Saturday with a convincing win on the road.
Los Che, Sevilla and Bilbao get up and running
Valencia opened their 2010/11 Primera Liga campaign on Saturday with a convincing win on the road.
Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao were also able to pick up maximum points from their first outings of the season.
Valencia, who have been drawn alongside Rangers and Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League group stages, eased into their stride with a 3-1 victory over
Malaga.
They opened the scoring as early as the 10th minute, as Aritz Aduriz put them on their way.
Sebastian Fernandez levelled for the hosts on the stroke of half-time, but they were unable to hang on for a point.
A second-half brace from Joaquin (70, 74) restored Valencia's lead and saw them comfortably home.
Sevilla went one better than Los Che in their away date at
Levante, running out 4-1 winners.
They actually fell behind to Suarez Ruben's 11th minute penalty, but struck back in style.
Abdoulay Konko had the scores level inside 60 seconds, before Alvaro Negredo edged Sevilla in front from the penalty spot on 28 minutes.
Konko grabbed his second of the night on 62 minutes, as the visitors threatened to run riot, and Dirnei Renato put the icing on the cake by adding a fourth two minutes from time.
Hercules, fresh from announcing the arrival of French forward David Trezeguet, slipped to a 1-0 defeat against
Athletic Bilbao in their first fixture back in the big time.
Spain international Fernando Llorente bagged the only goal of the game after 47 minutes.
A disappointing night for Hercules was compounded in stoppage-time when Matias Fritzler was shown a second yellow card.
