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La Liga / Matchday 3

Estadio de Mestalla / 01.09.2013

Valencia CF

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FC Barcelona

H. Postiga(45', 45+3')

L. Messi(11', 39', 41')

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ByThe Editorial Team

Updated 01/09/2013 at 20:52 GMT

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There we have it, Barcelona edge Valencia 3-2 in a thriller at the Mestalla.

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CHANCE! Costa flicks a header goalwards but it is easily gathered by Valdes.

90'

Three minutes of stoppage time remain, can Valencia find a late equaliser?

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Barca's final sub sees Neymar replaced by Sergi Roberto.

89'

Busquets and Mascherano are both down after a nasty clash of heads.

88'

CHANCE! Alves pulls off a fine double save to deny dos Santos and then Messi as they look to put this game to bed.

87'

CHANCE! This is end to end stuff, Messi races clear and feeds Tello who ducks inside but sees his shot expertly blocked

86'

CHANCE! Valdes makes a fingertip save to push Jonas’ shot onto the post.

84'

CHANCE! Messi is again put through but a late challenge means he scuffs his shot into the grateful arms of Alves.

83'

CHANCE! Best chance of half, Messi and Neymar work the ball into the area but Messi's shot grazes the outside of Alves' post.

81'

Jonathan dos Santos replaces Fabregas, who has been incredibly quiet this half, while Valencia bring on Perejo for Michel.

79'

CHANCE! Costa sends a header over from the resulting corner.

78'

Pabon finds himself in acres of space but Barcelona recover in numbers before Jonas’ shot is tipped wide by Valdes.

76'

Postiga evades the Barcelona back four but the knock down finds him in an offside position.

74'

Martino is looking increasingly agitated on the touchline, he knows that the three points are not guaranteed just yet.

72'

Neymar is booked after he stops Pereira from taking a quick throw in.

70'

First change for Barcelona as Tello comes on for Pedro.

68'

Replays show that the ball did hit the arms of both Alba and Fabregas but they knew little about it and referee rightly remained unmoved.

67'

Big cries for handball in the Barcelona box but the referee waves play on.

66'

Double substitution as Jonas and Feghouli replace Canales and Banega for Valencia.

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