Barcelona ended its La Liga campaign with a 3-1 defeat at Valencia’s Mestalla. Valencia started with high energy, pressing high and creating chances, while Barcelona’s play was disjointed and lacked invention despite Ferran Torres’s activity. The first half ended goalless, with Barcelona’s best moment coming when Robert Lewandowski headed a corner against the post just before halftime. In the second half, Lewandowski scored Barcelona’s 120th and final goal for the club by deflecting Ferran’s shot into the net. Valencia responded quickly after Xavi Espart’s error, equalizing through Javi Guerra, then took the lead via Luis Rioja and completed the comeback. Barcelona pushed for a late equalizer, but Dimitrievski made key saves.
"But Valencia answered quickly thanks to an error by young Xavi Espart, who came on at halftime but gave the ball away to Javi Guerra who fired it home and equalized for the hosts shortly after the hour mark. Then Luis Rioja gave them the lead five minutes later, and Valencia completed the comeback to send the crowd into a frenzy. Barça tried to pull off a late equalizer and Andreas Christensen had two huge chances denied by Stole Dimitrievski saves."
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