It was just two months ago that Luis Enrique gleefully admitted his pre-match team-talk amounted to saying ‘Abracadabra’ to his brilliant players and then watching the magic flow.
Now with just five games left the season looks like more like a vanishing trick with first the treble, and now the domestic double, disappearing before his eyes.
Barcelona can still win La Liga if they win all of their remaining games but they are running on empty. As coach Luis Enrique watched them try to comeback from an Ivan Rakitic own-goal and a Santi Mina strike he sent none of his substitutes to warm-up – a clear message to his board perhaps that they should have signed players in January.
MATCH FACTS
Barcelona (4-3-3): Bravo, Roberto, Pique, Mascherano, Alba, Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta (c), Messi, Suarez, Neymar.
Subs not used: ter Stegen, Douglas, Dani Alves, Bartra, Munir, Adriano, Vidal
Booked: Suarez, Pique, Neymar
Valencia (4-5-1): Diego Alves, Barragan, Mustafi, Abdennour, Siqueira, Rodrigo (Gaya 87), Parejo, Javi Fuego (c), Perez (Cancelo 74), Gomes, Mina (Alcacer 59).
Subs not used: Santos, Negredo, Danilo, Ryan
Goals: Rakitic own goal 26, Santi Mina 45
Booked: Barragan, Parejo, Gomes
Attendance: 88,500
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