Gattuso's legion crashed in Mestalla against a yellow wall.
Cádiz escaped relegation with their third victory of the season, second away from home, and Valencia conceded their seventh defeat, fourth at their stadium, and approached the ground floor of the championship.
The game went wrong for those at home as soon as it opened.
Ilaix Moriba, a clueless footballer who is not capable of exploiting his physique and his technical skills, trotted and indifferently accompanied Rubén Sobrino's run towards Mamardashvili's goal.
Sobrino started as soon as he crossed the dividing line of the field of play, Ilaix began to run in parallel without intercepting his progress.
The number 7 from Cádiz entered the area and went up towards the goal, with Ilaix behind, already aware of his mistake, and assisted from behind so that Rubén Alcaraz holed out.
Gattuso was furious in the band with Ilaix, but did not activate the change of 8 until the break.
André Almeida entered the game and with him, replacing Guillamón, the lightning Justin Kluivert.
The goal changed the script of the game.
Cádiz entrenched themselves with two lines of four together and two points off the hook to run into the space left behind by the black and white eleven.
The Andalusians, with the street that Fali has, had no problem committing fouls to prevent Valencia from running.
Before the break they made 10, seven of them before minute 21, and blocked Gattuso's legion, which crashed into the yellow shield wall with many players showing signs of helplessness and anxiety.
Forced to risk, Valencia, imprecise, made mistakes in the pass.
The two shots on goal in the first half were for Cádiz.
Ledesma barely stained his gloves.
To break the straps of force with which Sergio González had tied him, Gattuso changed the system to 4-4-2, with Almeida from 6, Kluivert on the left and Samu Lino accompanying Cavani, who was always on the lookout for Fali.
At the beginning of the season, the Calabrian coach said on a couple of occasions that he did not like that drawing or change his.
The timing of the team's game and the approach of Cádiz made Rino bend his opinion.
Castillejo's injury led to Lino on the left, Kluivert on the right and Hugo Duro at the front.
Cádiz continued to do their thing: playing their game, close together, playing easy, committing fouls to the minimum and preventing their rival from running.
The three points took him out of relegation.
Valencia short-circuited because they were in a hurry.
In the 67th minute, from set pieces, his first goal action came.
Kluivert took a corner and the ball fell to Gayà, who shot at the goal from the edge.
Conan Ledesma denied the tie.
Sergio's men got messy and fell physically and the match broke up with Valencia pushing with the pride of their captain Gayà, the electricity of Kluivert and the ball handling of Almeida.
It was barely a few minutes, a mirage.
Ledesma and his pair of central defenders continued to dominate and Sergio González's palisade resisted a desperate Valencia.
We deeply regret the sad news of the death of the Valencian supporter who received urgent care tonight at Mestalla before the start of the match.
A lot of strength and a huge hug for his family and friends.
RIP 🖤🦇 pic.twitter.com/ZBsmjwWHqp
– Valencia CF (@valenciacf) January 6, 2023
The match started 11 minutes late as a fan suffered a cardiac arrest.
The medical services treated the 53-year-old spectator who, once revived, was transferred to a hospital, where he died.
The stands thundered against Peter Lim.
Since 1988 Cádiz had not won in Valencia.
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