Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport’s LIVE commentary of the La Liga clash between league leaders FC Barcelona and fourth-placed Valencia CF. The hosts could move five points clear of second-placed Real Madrid if they can take all three points in the league’s early kick-off. However, they come up against a well-drilled Valencia side and the 3-2 loss the Catalans suffered last season to Los Che is still firmly stuck in the memory. All the team news coming right up.
La Liga / Matchday 32
Spotify Camp Nou / 18.04.2015
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Updated 18/04/2015 at 16:55 GMT+1
34'
OUCH! Orban catches Busquets in the face with an arm and is rightly booked for doing so. He is the second Valencia player to be booked and the third of the afternoon so far.
32'
POST! Oh my goodness, what do Valencia have to do to score? Alcacer finds some space on the edge of the penalty area, he shoots but the ball smashes off the post and back out towards the corner flag.
31'
A terrific curled pass from Feghouli finds Alcacer behind the home defence but the linesman comes to Barcelona's rescue as he flags for offside.
30'
Real Madrid will certainly be encouraged by what they've seen so far in the opening half hour. Unfortunately, for them, the scoreline is not in their favour at the moment.
29'
27'
The delivery from the subsequent free-kick is brilliantly won by the head of Pique. Neymar is then fouled by Fuego who is the second player to be booked.
26'
YELLOW CARD! Adriano is the first player of the match to be booked as he is punished for persistent fouling.
24'
Intelligent play from the goalscorer Suarez as he is fouled by Orban in midfield to take the sting out of the game for a moment.
23'
The thing is, how long can Valencia maintain this tempo? They need to score when they're on top or Barcelona will surely make them pay.
22'
21'
Valencia are asking a lot of the questions at the moment and are causing the home defence all kinds of problems.
19'
CHANCE! This time the opportunity falls to Barcelona with Suarez finding Messi at the back post with a lobbed pass but the ball is just too high for the Argentine.
17'
WIDE! Valencia miss yet another glorious chance! Parejo is involved again as he plays a squared pass to Alcacer in the penalty area but his flicked effort narrowly go wide of the post!
15'
Valencia are appealing for a second penalty after Adriano catches Parejo but the referee awards a free-kick just outside the box. The delivery is poor and comes to nothing.
13'
A well worked free-kick from Valencia almost results in a goal but Otamendi at the back post heads wide. It's all the visitors at the moment.
12'
What a start to the opening minutes of this match!
10'
SAVE! Parejo's penalty is really poor and Bravo easily saves the effort!
9'
Pique has fouled Rodrigo and the referee correctly points to the spot!
8'
PENALTY TO VALENCIA!
7'
5'
Valencia could be forgiven for being shell-shocked but they have instead responded in the best possible manner and would have been level only for the offside flag to prevent Feghouli from sticking the ball into the net.