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Valencia vs Barcelona Player Ratings: Lewandowski brace seals 2-1 win for the Catalans in La Liga opener

Barcelona began their La Liga campaign with a comfortable, yet unfashionable 2-1 win against Valencia away from home at the Mestalla. The Blaugrana had fallen behind, thanks to a Hugo Duro goal, but Robert Lewandowski scored near the end of the first half to level the game. He then went on to convert a penalty early into the second half to hand Barca the three points.

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Valencia player ratings vs Barcelona

Giorgi Mamardashvili got a 6 in our Valencia vs Barcelona Player Ratings
Giorgi Mamardashvili – Credit – Getty Images

Goalkeeper

Giorgi Mamardashvili — 6/10. Made a few good saves, but couldn’t be blamed for the goals.


Defenders

Yarek
Yarek taking on RaphinhaCredit – Getty Images

Thierry Correia — 6/10. Got up and down the wing with intent, but crossing wasn’t on point.

Cristhian Mosquera — 4/10. Gave away the penalty for Barca’s second goal. A learning curve for him.

Yarek — 7/10. A decent outing from the youngster. Could establish himself as a full starter this season.

Jesus Vazquez — 6/10. A solid outing for him. Did the difficult task of dealing with Lamine Yamal well.


Midfielders

Rafa Mir
Rafa Mir – Credit – Getty Images

Pepelu —7/10. Very promising outing. Broke up play well and passed very tidily as well.

Rafa Mir— 5/10. Ran and pressed hard, but didn’t do much more.

Javi Guerra — 6/10. Covered ground quite well, but his rawness shows sometimes.

Diego Lopez — 7/10. Put in a number of dangerous crosses, including the one for Duro’s goal.


Forwards

Hugo Duro
Hugo Duro – Credit – Getty Images

Andre Almeida — 6/10. Played all over the pitch basically. Probably could be best utilised in a deep midfield role.

Hugo Duro — 7/10. Took his goal well and looked threatening on multiple occasions.


Substitutions:

Dani Gomez —6/10.

Dimitri Foulquier —6/10.

David Otorbi — 5/10.

Martin Tejon – 6/10.

Hugo Guillamon – 5/10.

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Barcelona player ratings vs Valencia

Ter Stegen
Marc Andre Ter Stegen – Credit – Getty Images


Goalkeeper

Marc Andre Ter Stegen – 5/10. Forced into a few saves but made a few errors.

Defenders

Pau Cubarsi
Pau Cubarsi in action – Credit – Getty Images

Jules Kounde – 7/10. The Frenchman rarely sets a foot wrong whenever he plays and this was another one of those performances.

Pau Cubarsi – 7/10. Decent outing. Made a massive goal line clearance.

Inigo Martinez – 5/10. Looked a little out of place and was given the run around by Valencia’s young players.

Alejandro Balde – 6/10. Lost Duro for the first goal of the game. Showed some improvement going forward. Taken off with an injury scare.


Midfielders

Yamal
Lamine Yamal was brilliant on the night – Credit – Getty Images – Valencia vs Barcelona Player Ratings

Marc Bernal – 7/10. Decent debut for the 17 year old. Looks comfortable at the top level despite being so young.

Marc Casado – 6/10. Ran around a lot and put in the hard work. Should have scored late on.

Lamine Yamal – 8/10. Very clearly on a different level to everyone else on the pitch. Assisted Lewandowski’s first and should have had a couple more assists had his teammates converted the chances he created for them. Yamal was Barcelona’s joint top performer.

Ferran Torres – 5/10. Poor outing. Failed to convert good chances.

Raphinha – 7/10. Tried a lot of things, not all of them came off. Won the penalty.


Forwards

Lewandowski
Robert Lewandowski was at his lethal best – Credit – Getty Images

Robert Lewandowski – 8/10. Scored a brace and won Barca the game, but Lewa‘s overall game still isn’t up to the mark.

Substitutions:

Pedri – 7/10.

Gerard Martin – 6/10.

Eric Garcia – 6/10.

Andreas Christensen – 6/10.

Pau Victor – 6/10.