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Re: Barcelona - NouCamp Faithful
Barcelona 1 - 0 Valencia : Raphinha header gives 10-man Barcelona narrow win over Valencia
Raphinha's first-half header was enough to give LaLiga leaders Barcelona a narrow win over struggling Valencia on Sunday despite being reduced to 10 men for the last half hour.
The host started strongly, led by Raphinha, who had a couple of early chances before nodding a header over the goalkeeper after a brilliant long pass by midfielder Sergio Busquets in the 15th minute.
Valencia came back from the halftime break in control but a handball by Hugo Guillamon inside the box gave Barcelona a golden opportunity to extend their lead in the 55th minute. It was wasted when Ferran Torres shot the penalty wide of the goal.
Five minutes later, however, they lost defender Ronald Araujo to a straight red card for a last-man foul on Hugo Duro and Barcelona struggled to hold their lead in the last 30 minutes.
(excerpt from ESPN Soccernet)
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