▁season , ▁however , ▁under ▁the ▁management ▁of ▁Cla udio ▁Ran ieri , ▁his ▁for ays ▁down ▁the ▁wing ▁appeared ▁st agn ated ▁as ▁the ▁coach ▁opt ed ▁to ▁favour ▁fellow ▁Italian ▁Emil iano ▁Mor etti ▁to ▁provide ▁support ▁for ▁him ▁rather ▁than ▁to ▁let ▁him ▁have ▁a ▁free ▁role ▁along ▁the ▁left ▁– ▁further more , ▁an k le ▁inj uries ▁h inder ed ▁his ▁campaign ▁and ▁he ▁spent ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁beginning ▁on ▁the ▁s idel ines . ▁As ▁he ▁returned , ▁the ▁manager ▁had ▁already ▁been ▁s ack ed , ▁Val encia ▁ranked ▁sevent h ▁and ▁he ▁only ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 1 2 ▁league ▁matches ; ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁more ▁of ▁the ▁same , ▁as ▁the ▁side ▁finished ▁ 1 1 ▁points ▁behind ▁event ual ▁champions ▁FC ▁Barcelona ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁again ▁bother ed ▁by ▁an ▁an k le ▁condition . ▁ ▁Vic ente ▁was ▁again ▁often ▁injured ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 – 0 7 , ▁most ▁not ably ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁leg ▁of ▁a ▁Champions ▁League ▁quarter - final ▁cl ash ▁with ▁Ch else a ▁which ▁ended ▁his ▁campaign . ▁The ▁English ▁won ▁that ▁tie ▁ 3 – 2 ▁on ▁aggregate ▁while ▁the ▁player ▁only ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁ 1 6 ▁league ▁matches , ▁with ▁his ▁team ▁ending ▁fourth . ▁ ▁Vic ente ▁made ▁an ▁impress ive ▁com eb ack , ▁scoring ▁the ▁first ▁goal ▁in ▁Val encia ' s ▁ 3 – 0 ▁win ▁against ▁IF ▁El fs borg ▁in ▁the ▁Champions ▁League ▁third ▁qual