Valencia 1-4 Barcelona: double from Aubameyang, goals from de Jong, Carlos Soler and Pedro

Barcelona all together find the goals they have been looking for for some time. In Mestalla the opponent of Napoli in the Europa League playoff won 4-1, going to rest at 3-0. With these 3 points Barça regains fourth place, -1 from third Betis. The Catalans have the same points as Atletico, but also a game to recover. For Valencia just two points out of 21 in the last 7 days, with 5 defeats.

CHANGES AND TRAINING

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Compared to the 1-1 against Napoli at Camp Nou Xavi made 5 changes: outside Adama Troré, Mingueza, Piqué (suspended as Dani Alves), Nico and Pedri, inside Dembélé, Dest, Araujo, Gavi and captain Busquets. This is Barça’s starting 11: Ter Stegen; Dest, Araujo, Eric Garcia, Jordi Alba; Gavi, Busquets, Frenkie de Jong; Dembélé, Aubameyang and the much whistled former Ferran Torres. In Valencia the former is Ilaix Moriba, who sing that last summer he left slamming the door in Leipzig and arrived in Mestalla in January.

AUBAMEYANG PROTAGONIST

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The Gabonese taken from Arsenal came close to scoring in the 19 ‘on an invitation from Ferran Torres and scored his first goal in the Blaugrana shirt in the 23’: great launch by Jordi Alba, exquisite control and right at the perfect crossing. Draw canceled in Gayà for offside, De Jong doubled caught in the middle of the area by Dembélé after another notable opening by Jordi Alba. At 38 ‘Aubameyang’s 3-0 tap-in is built on the Gavi-Dembélé axis. Before the break, a good goal by Carlos Soler was canceled because the ball previously ended up in a lateral foul.

GREAT GOAL OF PEDRI

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In the interval Xavi removed Eric Garcia as a precaution, sending Mingueza to play the center, and the often calamitous player lost Carlos Soler who shortened the distance in the 52nd minute. Pedri entered in the 60th minute for De Jong and in the 63rd minute he pierced Mamardashvili with a powerful right from 25 meters, an authentic golazo that could be attributed to Aubameyang because the ball touched his bent back to avoid impact with his teammate’s shot . The game, nervous and full of disagreements and controversies, remained alive: Araujo stopped a shot from Racic, Ter Stegen stopped Hugo Duro twice, Xavi let Nico in for Dembélé and Adama Traoré for Gavi who came out with a thumb problem of the right hand. Napoli is warned: even with obvious defects, Barça is finding itself.