Valencia 2 - 2 Barcelona

  

FC Barcelona : Valdés, Dani Alves, Mascherano, Puyol (Thiago, min. 62), Abidal, Xavi, Busquets, Keita( Adriano, min. 57), Cesc, Messi and Pedro (Villa, min.57).


Goals: 1-0 Abidal (pp) (min. 11), 1-1 Pedrito (min. 13), 2-1 Pablo (min. 22), 2-2 (min. 76)

Referee: Velasco Carballo (Colegio madrileño) Yellow cards for Rami, Soldado and Jonas (Valencia CF) plus Mascherano (Barça) Red card for Jordi Alba in the 90th minute.

Pedro: "In my opinion, we deserved to win. A draw at the Mestalla is not a bad result.They started the game better but in the second half, we created more chances.

Tw Thiago: "Draw on a very complicated! Now thinking about Saturday's game against Atletico! To continue working!"


First half stats; Possession: Valencia 40% Barcelona 60%. Shots(on goal): Valencia 3(1) Barcelona 4(3). Fouls: Valencia 8 Barcelona 1. 






FB Iniesta: "Great game and good result in a very difficult! Very strange feeling of not being with my teammates and try to help! That desire to return!" 

Guardiola: "there's no team in the world that goes out and play without thinking that they could not win"

Tw Alves: "Great work today unfortunately the result did not accompany us! More congratulations to all my teammates for the effort!"





It is also Messi’s best-ever start to the season in terms of goals (five in three games). 









Pep Guardiola travelled to Mestalla for the fourth time since becoming FCB manager with two draws and a win so far so Guardiola unbeaten against Valencia 

1 Valencia 10
2 Malaga 9 
3 Betis 9 
4 Barcelona 8 
5 Sevilla 8 6 Levante 8 
7 Real Madrid 7 
8 Atletico Madrid 7 
9 Real Sociedad 7 
10 Rayo Vallecano 5 
11 Osasuna 5 
12 Villarreal 4 
13 Zaragoza 4 
14 Espanyol 3 
15 Mallorca 3 
16 Granada 3 
17 Santander 2 
18 Athletic Bilbao1 
19 Getafe 1 
20 Gijon 0

Tw Valdes: "One more point in a difficult field, but late in the game we had a chance to win. We're going to Barcelona pleased with the team effort. A hug!" #fcblive
Fabregas: "Right now, we don't care about what Real Madrid does.It was a great game today. Each game, I'm helping the team." #fcblive

Guardiola: "I'm happy for Cesc, but not everything comes down to Messi-Cesc"

Guardiola: "We leave happy with the way we've played"

Guardiola: ""If we have one quality, it's self-esteem, strong will and never giving up."

Guardiola: "It's a fair result, we must congratulate Valencia and their supporters"

Guardiola: "I want to thank Valencia for a great game"

Guardiola: "We're leaving with the lesson learned and we will wait for them when they come to Barca."

Guardiola: "The strength of this team has earned us a draw."