Football Soccer - Spanish Liga - Valencia v Barcelona - Mestalla Stadium - Valencia, Spain, 22/10/16. Valencia's coach Cesare Prandelli catches a ball. REUTERS/Heino Kalis
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Fallen giants Valencia are in the middle of their worst crisis for 30 years and some fans turned on them at the weekend as the prospect of spending Christmas in La Liga's relegation zone loomed large.
Saturday's 3-2 defeat at Real Sociedad left Spain's fifth most successful club one place above the drop zone, level on points with third from bottom Sporting Gijon, as they battle to avoid going down for the first time since 1986.
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