News about Giorgi Mamardashvili

PETE JENSON: Barcelona won an error-strewn chaotic six-goal affair against Valencia courtesy of a Robert Lewandowski hat-trick, and it moves them back to second in La Liga. It was also the perfect way to celebrate Xavi's famous 'un-quitting' last week. The Olympic stadium was singing his name at the end of the match as Lewandowski walked off with match ball. The team went 10 games unbeaten after the coach said he would leave at the end of the season back in January - would his announcement last week that he was now staying bring about the reverse effect? For a while it looked as if it would but having gone 2-1 up Valencia had their goalkeeper sent off and a Robert Lewandowski double made sure the home side won the game 3-2.

It was an evening to forget for Osasuna striker Ante Budimir after the Croatian missed a last-minute penalty with an awful attempt in Monday's LaLiga defeat against Valencia. Budimir was presented with the chance to snatch a point for Osasuna after being kicked in the back of the leg by Valencia defender Hugo Guillamon. He stepped up confidently as the El Sadar stadium held its breath in anticipation, but was left wishing the ground would swallow him up moments later as the ball nestled in the hands of goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili.

PETER JENSON OF VALENCIA: Xavi's team has now failed to win any of their last three games, and if leaders Girona beat Alaves on Monday, they will be nine points clear of their neighbors. Roman Yaremchuk was only his second appearance for Valencia, and he had the best first chance against the home team's first attack. Barcelona's best first-half opportunity went to Robert Lewandowski, but Giorgi Mamardashvili saved his attempt. The Polish forward had another quiet night in front of his goal, but when the breakthrough came, he was not involved.

Betis do not want David de Gea. After rumors that they were recruiting the former Manchester United and Spain goalkeeper earlier this week, the club has briefed at least that. Perhaps it isn't all surprising. In the highly rated Rui Silva and the massively entertaining Claudio Bravo, they have two top keepers. The former is just recovering from injury, and the former is out for four weeks. However, both players will be fit and keen to play next week, so there is no room for a third senior keeper. Despite Betis' that he is a free agent, nobody seems to care about him.

The summer transfer window is open, and all 20 Premier League clubs will be looking to improve ahead of the new season. Fans are already planning following the unveiling of the fixtures, but behind the scenes discussions over new acquisitions are well advanced. Mail Sport has rounded up all of the new goals for each club in our transfer window.

Manchester United's search for Andre Onana has boosted, with Inter Milan already looking at replacements for the goalkeeper. With his deal with Old Trafford set to end next week, United seemed to have lost confidence in new number one David De Gea's signing of a new deal with the club. It has been said that the club has turned their attention to a new man between the sticks and that Inter's Cameroonian stopper has been a top priority, with Onana already being called out for a change. According to Gazetta dello Sport, the Italians are already planning for the 27-year-old's departure and have identified two potential replacements for Onana. Simone Inzaghi's guys have set their sights on Valencia's Giorgi Mamardashvili and Yann Sommer, implying that Onana could be sold.

JOHN MCGARRY: A monsoon in Mount Florida threatened to turn this match into one that never finished, 27 years after Scotland's hopes of qualifying the World Cup were shattered by a game that never was in Tallinn. Let's face it: When it comes to the national team and qualifying for major championships, it's never dull. By 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday night, Hungarian referee Istvan Vad should have been signaling the end of this crucial Euro qualifier.

PETE JENSON: It says on all the banners and placards held aloft at every Valencia home game, 'Lim go home'. Lim is home, which is the most huming remark. Peter Lim is in Singapore, not in Valencia, where the renowned club he grew totters from one crisis season to the next and is now in the middle of a relegation fight. Another big protest is scheduled on Saturday. At 9 p.m. local time, the team will play against Athletic Bilbao in their home game. Thousands of dissatisfied supporters will march outside and make their voices of opposition heard at 8 p.m. They do not intend to enter the Mestalla stadium until the 19th minute of the game, which is a symbolic number for the club, which was established in 1919. Despite falling into the bottom three on Friday night, Valencia's average home gate this season is a healthy 40,000. Protesters are hoping that there will be 40,000 outside Mestalla at 9 p.m., making a strong national and global television audience aware of their owner's thinking.

PETE JENSON AT THE MESTAL LANES: Barcelona defeated Valencia 1-0 after three minutes due to a string of injuries. He had been waiting for his second good chance - the first he had waited for after he had gone to the post in the first half - but he made no mistake with his outstretched right boot, leading the ball past Giorgi Mamardashvili. After Barça's debacle, there was time for little else, but not enough for a 10-man ruck on the far touchline after Dmitri Foulquier had forced Lewandowski over. They were furious with the Pole who had snatched all three points at the death. In La Liga, he now has 13 goals and 18 in all competition.

After beating Valencia 1-0 on Monday evening, Atletico Madrid took home all three points on their trip to the Mestalla Stadium. Diego Simeone's side climbed to seventh place in LaLiga thanks to Antoine Griezmann's second-half attack for the visitors, who came on as a replacement just a minute earlier. Edinson Cavani, Valencia's latest signing, watched from the stands after the club announced the Uruguayan's arrival on a free transfer just hours before kick-off.