http://www.espnstar.com/football/primera-liga/news/detail/item885696/Soldado-wants-to-build-on-Atletico-triumph/ Valencia striker Roberto Soldado is hoping Saturday's 2-0 win over Atletico Madrid in La Liga can kick-start his side's season. By ESPNSTAR.com staff Los Che have had an awful start to the league campaign and had only won thre e of their nine games prior to the weekend. Atletico, on the other hand, have emerged as genuine title contenders and he aded into Saturday's encounter as favourites, but a stunning volley from Rob erto Soldado and a late strike from Nelson Valdez handed Valencia all three points, and the former is hoping the impressive victory will give his side a real boost. "I wish we knew what the key to victory is but we have to find some of the m otivation we have at home for away games," he said. "We can't afford to drop more points. "We showed great confidence; it was a tough and very important match. My goa l was more important than it was beautiful for sure. "Today [Saturday] was the day for us; we had to perform against a direct riv al who were quite far ahead of us in the table." The Spain international was also relieved to see his side end their inabilit y to find the back of the net, which plagued them in their previous game aga inst Real Betis, which ended in a 1-0 defeat. "We had some problems scoring in last week's game but we managed to do so th is weekend," Soldado added. "I think we competed at a great level and have beaten a very confident rival , who were on an amazing winning streak." Saturday's victory brought Valencia up to 9th in La Liga while Atletico rema in in second place, three points behind leaders Barcelona. --

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