Gaya says Valencia players ready for Monaco

The goal gave Valencia a 4-1 aggregate lead, though Andrea Raggi pulled one back in the 17th minute to give the hosts renewed hope.

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Valencia fullback José Luis Gayà says they’re ready for the second-leg of their Champions League qualifier at AS Monaco. “But we have to move on and know that we are ahead and we are going to do this in Malmo”, said Deila.

Celtic and Monaco face testing Champions League missions on Tuesday with their hopes of reaching the money-spinning group stages on a knife-edge. “They have to find a goal and are more desperate than us to do so but we have to be organised to do well in attack and recovering the ball”.

That result from the Mestalla Stadium means that Monaco would knock Valencia out if they could beat the Spanish side 2-0, meaning that an away goal for Valencia would make a huge difference to the tie.

Manchester United, for whom missing out on the group stage for a second season running would be unthinkable, lead by the same score as they visit Club Brugges on Wednesday.

Leonardo Jardim’s Monaco, last season’s quarter-finalists, conceded a late third goal in the first leg when Sofiane Feghouli struck for the La Liga side.

AS Monaco: Injured – Helder Costa, Joao Moutinho.

Valencia coach Nuno Espirito Santo also rang the changes for his side’s first game of the Spanish season against Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.

If Astana qualify, it could create logistical problems for their group stage opponents who would have to fly several thousand kilometres across five or six time zones to Central Asia for a midweek game.

Albanian champions Skenderbeu must win at Dinamo Zagreb after losing 2-1 at home in the first leg.

Valencia’s away form last season was infinitely patchier than their performances at Mestalla, with defeats at the unlikley hands of Deportivo, Levante and Malaga raising one or two questions about their ability on the road.