Barcelona takes a 2-0 lead at a tense, angry and heated Mestalla
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- Lamine Yamal and Fermín López scored in the first half to give Barcelona a 2-0 lead over Valencia at Mestalla.
- The match was played in a tense atmosphere and temperatures of about 34 degrees Celsius.
- Valencia goalkeeper Dimitrievski prevented a wider deficit, while Barcelona defender Eric García left after taking a blow to the nasal septum.
Barcelona took a 2-0 lead over Valencia before halftime at a tense and heated Mestalla, where temperatures reached about 34 degrees Celsius.
Lamine Yamal opened the scoring in the sixth minute, and Fermín López doubled Barcelona’s advantage in the 22nd. The atmosphere remained marked by anger and tension, as it has been on previous occasions at the stadium.
Barcelona could have scored more, but Valencia goalkeeper Dimitrievski saved efforts from both goalscorers and from Gordon. Two minutes after his opening goal, Yamal had a second strike ruled out for offside.
Eric García had to leave the match before the half-hour mark after taking a blow to the nasal septum. Koundé replaced him. Valencia president Kiat Lim watched a league match from the directors’ box for the first time.
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