Barcelona clash with Valencia - Copa Del Rey

Barcelona clash with Valencia - Copa Del Rey

Barcelona 1-1 Valencia - Highlights
70′ [0 - 1] D. Villa
90′ [1 - 1] X. Hernandez

Barcelona obtain only a draw at home against Valencia. Football is cruel sometimes. The Catalans showed some beautiful skills with Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto’o in top form, but Valencia where the team to open the score late in the 70th minute. Valencia who hardly could take possession of the ball during this game, managed to score after a well played counter-attack.
Barcelona’s efforts paid off in the last seconds of the game, as the Catalans equalized. Xavi scored with a shot from the edge of the box, after a questionable hand-ball at Samuel Eto’o. Watch the highlights to see, what I mean.

1-0 David Villa opens the score for Valencia after a speedy counter-attack.

1-1 Xavi Hernandez equalizes in the last seconds of the game after a clever shot from a long range rebound. Great goal, Valencia claim a hand-ball at Samuel Eto’o, though. I think that he slightly touched the ball with the hand, but it did not influence the trajectory to much. Play on, was a good decision.

Lionel Messi’s shot is saved by Hildebrand.

Lionel Messi has another superb run, but he is denied by Valencia’s keeper again.

Barcelona 1-1 Valencia - Live Text Commentary full time
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90′+5′ The referee blows the final whistle
90′+4′ GOOOOOAL!!! 1 - 1 Xavi Hernandez sends the ball into the net from the rebound.
90′+4′ Samuel Eto´o dribbles and his shot is bounced by the keeper.
90+3′ Lionel Messi crosses and Albiol clears the danger.
90+2′ Bojan Krkic sends a corner kick.
90+1′ Ball Possession: Barcelona 67%, Valencia 33%.
89′ Lionel Messi sends the corner kick.
89′ Bojan Krkic delivers and Toure obtaines a corner kick after a nice shot.
87′ David Villa sends a free kick cross and Helguera misses the target with a header.
86′ Gianluca Zambrotta misses the target.
84′ Gabriel Milito obtains a corner kick after an attempt from far away.
84′ David Silva is caught offside.
81′ Lionel Messi’s is bounced back by the keeper, Iniesta shoots, also keeper saves again.
80′ Valencia Subsitution: Mata replaced by Vicente.
80′ Yellow Card: Marco Caneira is booked also.
79′ Yellow Card: Bojan Krkic is booked.
79′ Samuel Eto´o’s shot is blocked
74′ Yellow Card: David Silva is booked.
73′ Xavi has another corner kick, no result on the scoreboard.
72′ Xavi sends a corner kick.
72′ Lionel Messi shoots wide.
70′ GOOOOAL!!! 0 - 1 David Villa opens the score after a nice counter-attack.
70′ Arizmendi crosses…
70′ Barcelona Substitution: Deco is replaced by Andres Iniesta.
70′ Barcelona Substitution: Thierry Henry is replaced by Bojan Krkic.
68′ Deco delivers and Eto’o is denied by the keeper again.
68′ Yellow Card: Lionel Messi receives a yellow card for diving in the box.
67′ Samuel Eto´o shoots and the keeper bounces the ball back.
66′ Zambrotta delivers and Caneira clears.
63′ Valencia Substitution: Joaquin is replaced by Angel Javier Arizmendi.
61′ David Silva delivers and Milito clears.
59′ Deco has a corner kick for Barca.
58′ Lionel Messi’s attempt is bounced by the keeper.
58′ Samuel Eto´o shoots but he is blocked.
53′ David Villa needs the team’s doctor.
50′ Deco delivers and Messi’s shot is denied by the keeper.
49′ Xavi Hernandez has another corner kick for Barcelona, ball cleared.
49′ Lionel Messi sends a corner kick.
47′ Attendance: 78960
46′ The game is resumed.

45+2′ The referee ends the first half.
45+1′ Valencia are caught offside.
45+1′ David Silva sends a free kick cross and Toure clears.
45′ Eric Abidal shoots from long range, Hildebrand slips the ball into the corner kick, but the referee doesn’t see it.
43′ Ball Possession: Barcelona 64%, Valencia 36%.
42′ Deco sends a corner kick, no goal though.
40′ David Silva crosses and Milito clears.
39′ Thierry Henry passes and Messi controls the ball with his head and launches a side-way bicycle-kick, blocked by a defender.
37′ Yaya Toure is in a favorable position, but his shot is blocked.
35′ Samuel Eto´o delivers… goal kick.
34′ Yaya Toure shoots way over the crossbar from the free kick.
33′ Lionel Messi obtains a free kick from a dangerous position.
29′ Samuel Eto´o crosses and Hildebrand retains.
28′ Thierry Henry sends a missle from far away and Hildebrand bounces the ball.
26′ Eric Abidal delivers and Henry sends an interesting scissors-kick wide.
23′ Lionel Messi shows some nice skills his shot is blocked.
23′ Eric Abidal has a chain of dribbles and passes.
19′ Yellow Card: Deco is booked by the referee for the tackle, the crowd disagrees.
19′ Raul Albiol dribbles nicely and his fouled by Deco.
16′ Xavi sends a free kick cross and Milito misses the target with a nice volley shot.
12′ Caneira crosses and the ball is cleared.
11′ Joaquin scores superbly with a back-heel for Valencia but he is signaled offside.
9′ Yaya Toure shoots wide.
9′ Wonderful quick football offered by Barcelona, it looks like their found last years shape.
8′ Lionel Messi dribbles his opponents with style.
8′ The crowd at the Camp Nou is extraordinary tonight.
7′ Lionel Messi sends a great pass into the box and a row of very dangerous shoots sent by Xavi, Eto’o and Messi are blocked by Valencia’s defence. HUGE scoring change for the Catalans.
6′ Eric Abidal delivers after a nice combination with Thierry Henry and Hildebrand retains the ball.
3′ Caneira fouls Henry
2′ Messi delivers from the rebound and Hildebrand bounces again.
1′ Deco crosses and Hildebrand bounces the ball.
1′ Thierry Henry obtains a corner kick.
1′ Barcelona have the first touch of the game.
0′ The referee starts the game
0′ Tonight’s referee is Eduardo Iturralde Gonzalez.
0′ Welcome at the FCFootballBlog for this live coverage. Everything is set for the kick-off here at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona vs Valencia is the first semi-final game of the 2007-2008 Copa del Rey season. Today’s match is hosted at the Camp Nou and will kick-off at 22.00 CET. FCFootballBlog will offer you the free live coverage of this clash. The service will include: extended live text commentary, live streams and live scores. Video Highlights will be embedded as soon as available.
Barcelona come into the game with high confidence after cutting Real’s lead in the La Liga, down at only 2 points. The Catalan side has a series of 6 wins and 4 draws in the latest 10 games played in all competitions involved. I am sure that Frank Rijkard’s team will also go for the Copa del Rey.
Valencia have a moderate run at the moment. Ronald Koeman still did not bring his team to maximum performance. The Copa del Rey is the only real achievable target left for Valencia, this season.

Barcelona vs Valencia - Live Streams
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Barcelona vs Valencia - Betting Tips and Odds
Barcelona is my favourite for tonight’s encounter at the Camp Nou. The Catalans are in shape and Valencia never recovered to it’s old winning line. It’s true that Rijkard will rest a few key players, but Barca’s roster is so large that the reserves will be as strong as the usual players used in the starting eleven. I will go for a home win in this case and I expect that Barcelona will score more than two goals tonight at the Camp Nou.

Barcelona vs Valencia - Head to Head
Valencia have a better head to head record if we take a look at the latest 5 direct meetings between the two clubs. Today’s visitors have won 2 times against The Catalans, while Frank Rijkard’s team managed a single win in the latest clashes. It’s true that Barcelona’s win is the most updated one, occurring in December 2007, that’s a little over two months ago. All this games are registered in the La Liga.
15.12.07 Valencia 0-3 Barcelona
18.02.07 Valencia 2-1 Barcelona
24.09.06 Barcelona 1-1 Valencia
12.02.06 Valencia 1-0 Barcelona
21.09.05 Barcelona 2-2 Valencia

Barcelona vs Valencia - Line-ups
Barcelona
1 V. Valdes
11 G. Zambrotta
5 C. Puyol
3 G. Milito
22 E. Abidal
6 X. Hernandez
24 Y. Toure
20 Deco
19 L. Messi
9 S. Eto´o
14 T. Henry

Valencia
13 T. Hildebrand
12 M. Caneira
15 I. Helguera
4 R. Albiol
24 E. Moretti
3 H. Maduro
11 E. Banega
16 J. Mata
17 Joaquin
7 D. Villa
21 D. Silva