Valencia<\/a> dismissed Carlos Corber\u00e1n on Sunday after a 1-0 defeat by Sevilla at the S\u00e1nchez-Pizju\u00e1n left the club with the worst start to a season in its history. It is the first managerial sacking of the La Liga<\/a> campaign, according to the Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Corber\u00e1n was told of his dismissal during a video call from Singapore, with owner Peter Lim some 10,000km away. He had arrived in December 2024 with Valencia in the relegation zone and pulled them up to 12th, later steering them to the edge of Europe, and his contract had been extended by another year just two months before he lost his job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n CEO Ron Gourlay and his entire staff were sacked alongside him, ten days after Gourlay defended stability and continuity at a two-hour press conference. Braulio V\u00e1zquez has joined from Osasuna to lead the search for a new coach, with the club\u2019s B-team manager, \u00d3scar S\u00e1nchez, placed in interim charge. The club described the overhaul as a restructuring and a \u201cnew era.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Five games into the season, Valencia sit bottom of La Liga with a single point, nine goals conceded and just one scored.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The 5-0 home defeat by Barcelona was the third time in four games opponents had scored five past Valencia. Fans protested against owner Kiat Lim with signs reading \u201cLim, go home,\u201d and roughly 100 supporters waited at Paterna after the Sevilla loss to shout abuse at players and staff. Since Peter Lim bought Valencia in 2014, \u00d3scar S\u00e1nchez becomes the club\u2019s 15th coach, with more than 20 players arriving and departing in the last two years alone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Withdrawn to a standing ovation after an hour against Barcelona, Rodri was caught on camera telling Pau Cubars\u00ed: \u201cThis lot are very weak, eh? Very weak, mate. Very bad.\u201d He later called Valencia captain Jos\u00e9 Luis Gay\u00e0 to apologise and issued a public apology following Barcelona\u2019s Champions League win over Feyenoord.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Corber\u00e1n called the comments \u201cunfortunate\u201d and said they had \u201cnot been born of respect,\u201d though the assessment was treated as an unvarnished read on Valencia\u2019s collapse. Rodri added: \u201cWe all want Valencia to get back to where they should be, one of the best clubs in our league.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Braulio V\u00e1zquez\u2019s immediate task is finding a permanent successor, with Ernesto Valverde and Jagoba Arrasate among the names floated, according to Reuters<\/a>. \u00d3scar S\u00e1nchez remains in interim charge as the promised restructuring takes shape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nCorber\u00e1n dismissed as crisis escalates<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
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\nValencia\u2019s worst start and the wider crisis<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Rodri\u2019s verdict and the reaction<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
What happens next at Valencia<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
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