Jose Mourinho has explained his reasoning for leaving out Hazard, as his team beat Aston Villa 2-0. It's no more Mr. Nice Guy from Jose Mourinho -- but then again, was he ever? The Chelsea coach said he dropped Eden Hazard for Saturday's morale-boosting win over Aston Villa and will keep on benching the PFA Player of the Year until his defending improves. Radamel Falcao wasn't even in the Prem...Full Story »

Paco Alcacer and Santi Cazorla both scored twice as Spain cruised to a 4-0 Euro 2016 qualifying win over Luxembourg. The victory came at a cost for Vicente del Bosque's side, with David Silva and Alvaro Morata both coming off with first-half injuries. Cazorla had hit the crossbar but made no mistake shortly before half-time when he smashed home after Pedro's shot had been parried. Substitut...Full Story »

Paco Alcacer scored his seventh league goal of the season as Valencia cruised to a comfortable 4-0 win over Elche and strengthen their grip on third place in the Primera Division. The 21-year-old, who was left out of the Spain squad earlier in the day, netted the second of the game after Andre Gomes had opened the scoring, with an Enzo Roco own goal and a Nicolas Otamendi effort rounding off th...Full Story »

Paco Alcacer scored his first league goal in nine matches as Valencia recorded a 1-0 victory to collect all three points at Eibar. The Spain international walked the ball into the net with half an hour gone and the goal proved enough to see off the Basques and give Nuno Espirito Santo's side a second-straight win in the league, taking Los Che above Sevilla and up to fourth spot in the Primera D...Full Story »

Paco Alcacer looked to have ensured a point for the visitors when he netted late on to cancel out an earlier Iker Casillas blunder Miroslav Stoch's dramatic late winner condemned Spain to a first qualifying loss in eight years as Slovakia earned a shock 2-1 victory. The reigning European champions had not lost a qualification game since a 2-0 reverse in Sweden back in October 2006, but Stoch...Full Story »

Valencia climbed to the top of the Primera Division after Paco Alcacer set them on the way to a comfortable win over Cordoba at the Mestalla. Alcacer headed the hosts in front midway through the first half, and Jose Luis Gaya doubled the lead four minutes later with a low shot from inside the area. Sofiane Feghouli rounded off a fine individual performance by scoring the third goal of the nigh...Full Story »

Valencia entered an early tie for second place in the Primera Division by cruising to a comfortable 3-0 victory at Getafe. The visitors' third straight win was secured by first-half goals from Paco Alcacer and Andre Gomes, with Rodrigo Moreno later converting a penalty shortly before seeing red and leaving his team light. Los Che are now only two points behind Barcelona and level on 10 points ...Full Story »

Valencia are frantically working on a new contract for Spanish wonderkid Paco Alcacer with Arsenal and Chelsea reportedly stepping up their interest in the 21-year-old. Alcacer has shot to fame this season, making his debut for Spain last week and then scoring his first goal in their 5-1 victory over Macedonia on Monday. As a result, according to reports in Spain, Valencia are now putting to...Full Story »

Athletic Bilbao and Valencia played out a thrilling 1-1 draw at the Mestalla, with both goals causing an equal amount of commotion. Paco Alcacer looked to be in an offside position when he slid into convert a cross from Sofiane Feghouli to put Valencia ahead, while Aritz Aduriz levelled after Athletic had been awarded a soft penalty, Ander Herrera colliding with Feghouli in the area. A draw wa...Full Story »

Paco Alcacer scored twice as Valencia followed up their Nou Camp heroics by thrashing lowly Real Betis 5-0 at the Mestalla. Having beaten Barcelona in their last outing, Valencia began positively and took the lead after 41 minutes through a header by Jeremy Mathieu. Alcacer doubled Valencia's advantage on the stroke of half-time, and added his second in the 67th minute, soon after Sofiane Fegh...Full Story »