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Valencia shock Barcelona 3-1, spoil Barca perfect away record

Valencia don shock Barcelona with 3-1 victory for Mestalla on Saturday night, wey spoil Barca hopes to finish with 97 points for La Liga.

Guido Rodríguez score di final goal for Valencia from outside di box, wey go bottom left corner, make e 3-1 for di home side.

Barcelona, wey don already win La Liga title, still want go into offseason on high note but Valencia get different plans.

Carlos Corberán side win three of dia last five matches to escape relegation fight, and dis victory fit see dem qualify for UEFA Conference League if Getafe and Rayo Vallecano lose dis weekend.

Hansi Flick men don dominate La Liga from start to finish dis season, become first team to finish campaign with perfect record at home since league expand to 20 teams.

But for Mestalla, Valencia show fight, even with plenty injuries wey dey affect di team.

José Luis Gayà, Renzo Saravia, José Copete and Dimitri Foulquie no train with di team all week. Lucas Beltrán still absent with knee injury, and Arnaut Danjuma only do partial training.

Valencia also miss starting center back Eray Cömert, wey get red card for dia 4-3 win against Real Sociedad last time out.

So Corberán deploy natural midfielder Javi Guerra upfront alongside Hugo Duro, while Guido Rodríguez anchor midfield and Unai Núñez and César Tárrega hold di backline.

Barcelona too get dia own injury problems. Lamine Yamal absent, and Fermín López require surgery for broken fifth metatarsal, wey go keep am out of 2026 World Cup.

Marcus Rashford, Frenkie de Jong and Ferran Torres all deal with minor issues but return to training. Robert Lewandowski play im final game for Barcelona.

Flick rest Pedri and Pau Cubarsí, while Ronald Araújo return to captain di side. Raphinha take di right wing for injured Yamal.

But Valencia still prove too strong. Di match end 3-1, wey give Barcelona dia second away loss of di season after di defeat to Alavés.

Corner kicks and saves plenty for di game, with Stole Dimitrievski save well from Andreas Christensen header.

Eight minutes of added time announce but Valencia hold on for historic win.


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