Barcelona continued its reeling streak with a 1-1 draw with its host, Valencia, on Saturday, in the 17th round of the Spanish Football League.
Barcelona took the lead with a goal scored by Joao Felix in the 56th minute, and Hugo Guillamon equalized for the hosts in the 70th minute.
Joao Felix scores against Valencia #La Liga #beINLiga #LaLiga pic.twitter.com/U9FuWnOkto
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Valencia responds in the most wonderful way #La Liga #Barcelona_Valencia #beINLiga #LaLiga pic.twitter.com/EOItbGBtiO
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The Catalan team raised its score to 35 points to take third place, but it missed the opportunity to move further away from Atletico Madrid (34 points), which lost to Athletic Bilbao by two unanswered goals, in the same round.
Barcelona’s suffering also continued after losing in the last two matches to Girona, 2-4, in the league, and then Antwerp, Belgium, 2-3, in the Champions League.
As for Valencia, it raised its score to 20 points in tenth place, and failed to win in the last 5 rounds, as it settled for two draws and three defeats.
In other matches held on Saturday, Celta Vigo defeated Granada with a clean goal, while Getafe returned from Seville Stadium with a great victory by three clean goals.