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Barcelona did not go from a draw with Valencia to two goals, in a match on the 14th round of the Spanish league.
Set that He started to create problems early on for Ronald Koeman’s team and reached the finish line within half an hour, with Carlos Soler heading off Mouctar Diakhaby after a corner kick.
Gayá’s foul on Antoine Griezmann turned into a penalty at halftime. Referee Alejandro Hernández also sent off Valencia’s left-back, but after being called by VAR, he replaced the red one with the yellow one. Domenéch saved Lionel Messi’s penalty, but the play continued and the Argentine had another chance, heading to the far post, to equalize. THE flea it equaled Pelé’s record of 643 goals for a single club, with the Brazilian’s record serving Santos.
In the second half, the game remained balanced, although the visitors based their game more on the counterattack -supported by a very dynamic and sharp Gonçalo Guedes-, against a rival more in positional attack.
The Catalans confirmed the return, in minute 52, with the young Ronald Araújo taking advantage of the passivity of the Valencian defense to make a volley that gave him the first official goal of Barcelona.
However, Valencia had not yet given up. In the 69th minute, Gonçalo Guedes participated in a new attack play, the ball reached Gayá from the left, who crossed for a subtle deflection by Maxi Gómez to take the entire defense. culé on foot, deceiving Ter Stegen.
In the final assault on Domenéch’s goal, it was surprising that Coutinho, one of the best, was replaced by center-back Lenglet, who will surely motivate many criticisms of Koeman from the Spanish press.
Gonçalo Guedes was substituted, exhausted, in the 86th minute, while Thierry Correia was not bet by Javi Gracia during the match. Francisco Trincão joined Griezmann in the 73rd minute, still stirring up the Catalan game, but failed to lead the team to victory.
Barcelona is fifth, eight points behind leaders Atlético de Madrid, but with a more disputed match, and could even lose their position if Sevilla win. Valencia is twelfth.
