Barcelona are still hurting after their Champions League semi-final defeat to Liverpool. And Valencia have beaten Barcelona only once in 14 attempts, without a success in any of their last eight meetings. The idea was the Copa del Rey would be the easy part, a warm-up for winning the Champions League final in Madrid seven days later. They made the Europa League semi-finals, beaten by Arsenal, and then saw off Valladolid on Saturday to reach next season's Champions League. To get back into the Champions League again is a great achievement."

Source: Bangkok Post May 24, 2019 03:46 UTC