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Valencia lead Barcelona through Duro header Lewandowski levels after Yamal assist before converting penalty Charlotte Coates Valencia 1-1 Barcelona He's been on the pitch for a matter of minutes but it's a yellow card for Andreas Christensen for a late challenge on Hugo Duro. The former Chelsea man now has to be careful with 20 minutes still on the clock. Valencia 1-1 Barcelona Valencia make their first changes of the match as Diego Lopez and Andre Almeida make way for Dani Gomez and Dimitri Foulquier. Can they help find an equaliser? Valencia 1-1 Barcelona Plenty of boos around the Mestalla as Pau Cubarsi, who the home faithful thought should have been shown a second yellow card, is substituted. Valencia 1-1 Barcelona Alejandro Balde is down again and has to come off in the first game he's started since January. Gerard Martin has come on for his La Liga debut. Pedri and Andreas Christensen have also come on for Pau Cubarsi and Ferran Torres. Valencia 1-1 Barcelona The game is wide open with Valencia pushing hard for an equaliser. Lamine Yamal picks up the ball and drives forward but Javier Guerra rushes back and defends brilliantly. Valencia 1-1 Barcelona The Valencia bench is up and not very happy as they believe Pau Cubarsi should have been shown a second yellow card for a foul on Hugo Duro. Valencia boss Ruben Baraja is then shown a yellow for his complaints. Valencia 1-1 Barcelona A shot from Pepelu is dragged wide as the home side push for an equaliser after that terrible start to the second half. Valencia have settled into it now and are pushing forward. Valencia 1-1 Barcelona So close to an equaliser from Hugo Duro but the striker cannot make contact with the ball across the face of goal. Valencia are definitely not out of this game. Valencia 1-2 Barcelona (Robert Lewandowski) Robert Lewandowski makes no mistake from the spot! Giorgi Mamardashvili guessed the right way but Lewandowski put it in the top corner, leaving the goalkeeper with no chance. That's how you take a penalty. Valencia 1-1 Barcelona It's a nightmare for Valencia as a penalty is given to Barcelona for a foul on Raphinha. Cristhian Mosquera can have no complaints about that! Valencia 1-1 Barcelona We're back under way for the second half at the Mestalla with the score locked at 1-1. HT: Valencia 1-1 Barcelona Hansi Flick is the third German to be the manager of Barcelona, after Hennes Weisweiler (1975-1976) and Udo Lattek (1981-1983). Flick played under Lattek for Bayern Munchen and FC Koln. HT: Valencia 1-1 Barcelona Robert Lewandowski has now scored five goals in four appearances in La Liga against Valencia. HT: Valencia 1-1 Barcelona Barcelona had 62% of the ball in that first half as they took on the new tactics of Hansi Flick. The German has opted to play with a number 10 and it's Raphinha who is the chosen man for the job. You feel as though every good thing to come from Barca in an attacking sense will come through Lamine Yamal. HT: Valencia 1-1 Barcelona Barca dropped points in their opening La Liga fixture in three of the last five seasons (W2-D2-L1). This includes starting both of the last two campaigns with a goalless draw: at home versus Rayo Vallecano in 2022/23 and at Getafe in 2023/24. Valencia 1-1 Barcelona After a relatively boring 40 minutes, the match kicked into life with goals from Valencia's Hugo Duro before Barca striker Robert Lewandowski equalised with the last kick of the game. Hopefully, more to come in the second half! Valencia 1-1 Barcelona (Robert Lewandowski) And just like that, Barcelona are level through Robert Lewandowski. It's a great cross from Alejandro Balde to find the onrushing Lamine Yamal. The youngster then crossed with his right foot on the volley to find the Poland captain just a couple of yards from goal. Barca's best move of the match ends in a goal. Valencia 1-0 Barcelona What a chance for Valencia to go in at the half-time break two goals to the good! It's brilliant from Pau Cubarsi to clear the ball off the line after Hugo Duro thinks he's notched his second of the game. Literally inches away from 2-0. Valencia 1-0 Barcelona (Hugo Duro) It's Valencia who have taken the lead as Hugo Duro heads across goal and into the far corner. Diego Lopez whips in a brilliant cross to plant the ball straight on the head of Hugo Duro. The goal was initially disallowed for offside but VAR came to Valencia's rescue. Valencia 0-0 Barcelona That is a huge chance for Hugo Duro to put Valencia into the lead as he rushes a volleyed effort towards Barca's goal. On second viewing, the striker was offside, luckily for him. Match report to appear here. Last Updated 17th August 2024 at 21: 44 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. 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