Copete returns for Valencia after nine months out

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José Copete returned to action for Valencia in the Copa del Rey match against Tavernes, according to AS, playing 60 minutes almost nine months after his last appearance.

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The Spanish newspaper described the match as a routine fixture but said it carried greater meaning for the Sevilla-born centre-back, who used the outing to put behind him what it called the "most complicated months" of his career.

AS framed the comeback as the end of a "nightmare" for Copete, without giving further details of the injury or absence that kept him out.