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Barcelona and Valencia finished 2-2 in a match on the 14th round of the Spanish League, played at the Camp Nou stadium.
The “bats” surprisingly found the result through Muktar Diakabi before the end of the half hour of play, but at the end of the first half things changed.
José Gaia received a direct red card and the referee sanctioned a penalty. The card was canceled by the VAR, however, and Domenech saved the shot from Leo Messi’s white spot. However, the flea successfully finished off with a header and his goal №643 for Barça equaled Pelé’s record.
Thus, Barcelona (21 points) halts its short streak of two consecutive victories and is placed in fifth place. Valencia is twelfth with 15 points.
The first part of the first half was extremely boring: the hosts tried to attack mainly from the right wing, but their crosses at the end became easy prey for their well-grouped opponent.
Leo Messi and company controlled the ball in 76% of the first 22-23 minutes, but this empty statistic had no effect on what was happening on the field. Instead of seeing something interesting in front of the visitors’ door, they forced Ronald Araujo and Marc-Andre ter Stegen to jump at the ball together and save theirs.
Half an hour before the game, the German point guard had to save Carlos Soler’s technical performance with an acrobatic launch. However, when the corner was thrown, the ridiculous defense of the culés failed to Muktar Diacabi and marked without obstacles of head.
The end of the first part of 52 minutes was very tense. First, Ter Stegen made a save against Maxi Gómez, and in the counterattack Gaia fouled Griezmann in the penalty area and received a direct red card, which was annulled by the VAR. Leo Messi moved behind the penalty spot, but Haume saved the penalty. That was not all, Jordi Alba focused on the far post and Messi made a successful addition, with his head!
Just seven minutes after the break, the runner-up took a complete turn and the scorer was unusual: young defender Ronald Araujo. However, he deserved a standing ovation because he scored spectacularly with lateral scissors after a mistake in the defense of the “bats”.
Brightwright’s shot was stopped on goal and in the middle of the second half Valencia leveled. José Gaia fell from the left and headed to the edge of the small area, where Maxi Gómez passed Oscar Mingesa and found the lower right corner.
Barça pushed and created several good situations, but the shots from Mingesa and Coutinho stopped and then Pedry would be well above the goal. Messi would first hit the target with a direct free kick, and then within reach of goalkeeper Domenech.
In the final part of the game, the pressure from the Catalans was quite chaotic and deprived of a clear idea of how to retake the door of Valencia. The guests waited relatively calmly for the signal from the last referee and finally took the point.
Barcelona – Valencia 2: 2
0: 1 Muktar Diakabi – 29 ‘
eleven Lionel Messi – 45 ‘+ 4
twenty-one Ronald Araujo – 52 ‘
2: 2 Maxi Gomez – 69 ‘
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