Barcelona failed to close the 2025/2026 Spanish League with a sweet result after losing 1-3 to Valencia in the final match at the Mestalla Stadium, Valencia, Sunday, May 24, early morning WIB.
Quoted from the Spanish League website, Barcelona had to admit the home team's advantage even though they had taken the lead through Robert Lewandowski's goal. Valencia turned the tide with goals from Javier Guerra, Luis Rioja, and Guido Rodriguez.
The defeat did not affect Barcelona's position which had already secured the Spanish League title with a collection of 94 points from 38 matches. Meanwhile, Valencia ended the season in ninth place with 49 points.
Even though the match was no longer decisive for Barcelona, the duel was open from the very beginning. Valencia first threatened in the 11th minute through Luis Rioja.
Taking advantage of a rebound, Rioja fired a shot that had passed goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, but was still able to be swept away by the Barcelona defender.
Barcelona responded through Alejandro Balde's opportunity in the 21st minute who made a penetration and fired a hard shot, but the ball only hit the crossbar.
Luck was not on the visitors' side again before halftime. In the last minute of the first half, Lewandowski headed the ball from a corner kick, but his effort was again thwarted by the goalpost.
The deadlock was finally broken after halftime, precisely in the 61st minute. Ferran Torres fired a shot which was then deflected by Lewandowski into the Valencia goal to give Barcelona a 1-0 lead.
The goal was also the 120th and last for Robert Lewandowski with Barcelona.
A minute later, Valencia almost got a penalty a minute later when Unai Nunez fell under pressure from a Barcelona player in the penalty box. Although he had reviewed it through VAR, the referee decided not to give a penalty.
Valencia finally equalised in the 66th minute. A mistake in the back line by young defender Xavi Espart was taken advantage of by Javi Guerra who cut the ball before firing a horizontal shot into the goal. The score became 1-1.
The momentum turned to the hosts. Five minutes later, Valencia managed to turn the tide into 2-1. Guerra's shot was blocked, but Luis Rioja quickly grabbed the rebound and directed it into the right corner of the Barcelona goal.
Drama happened again when the referee pointed to a penalty point for Valencia due to Marc Bernal's foul. After reviewing VAR, the decision was overturned and replaced with a free kick right on the edge of the penalty box.
When Barcelona tried to catch up, Valencia ensured victory in injury time. Exactly in the 90th minute, Guido Rodriguez fired a hard shot that Szczesny failed to reach and changed the score to 3-1. The score remained unchanged until the end of the match.
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