Barcelona needs to win at Mestalla Stadium to restore its hold on the 4th place in the league
Barcelona will face Valencia away from their home. Barcelona needs a win at Mestalla Stadium to restore its hold on fourth place in the league after both Atlético Madrid and Villarreal moved ahead. Barcelona defenders Gerard Pique and Dani Alves are both suspended for the game.
Earlier, Xavi’s side held a draw against Napoli in the first-leg of the Champions League round of 16. Barcelona missed numerous chances at Camp Nou.
Ferran Torres and Ilaix Moriba will face their respective former teams. As they have a reunion with their former clubs.
Few players manage to become legends at two different clubs, but that’s exactly what David Villa did at both Valencia and Barcelona.
The Spanish striker landed at Mestalla in 2005 at the age of 23 and proceeded to score 129 goals for the club over the subsequent five seasons, becoming the fifth-top scorer in the club’s history.
He had long been linked with a transfer away from the Mestalla and eventually made a move to Barcelona in 2010, the summer in which he played a starring role as Spain won the World Cup in South Africa.
If success came quick and fast to him at Valencia, it came even quicker at the Camp Nou where he won LaLiga Santander title and the Champions League in his first season.
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