{"id":81874,"date":"2026-09-07T07:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T07:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/81874\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T07:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T07:06:11","slug":"valencia-coach-admits-barcelona-were-superior-from-start-to-finish-after-5-0-rout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/81874\/","title":{"rendered":"Valencia coach admits Barcelona were &#8216;superior from start to finish&#8217; after 5-0 rout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carlos Corberan\u2019s position at Valencia is looking increasingly fragile after another heavy defeat, with Barcelona producing a <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/fermin-10-yamal-10-valencia-0-5-barcelona-player-ratings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">ruthless 5-0 victory at Mestalla<\/a> while the home supporters once again turned their frustration towards the club\u2019s ownership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Valencia have taken just one point from their opening four league matches, and Corberan was left with little argument against a Barcelona side that dominated virtually every aspect of the contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBar\u00e7a was a superior team, from start to finish. So what happened is very easy to explain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey had many chances throughout the match. And when they scored the third, everything became very difficult for us,\u201d said the Valencia manager.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona overwhelmed Valencia at Mestalla<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gulf between the two sides was reflected in the numbers. Barcelona registered 25 shots, nine of them on target, and found the net five times despite playing <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/hansi-flick-talks-lamine-yamal-rodri-fermin-and-dani-olmo-after-valencia-0-5-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">without a recognised number nine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/valencia-cf-v-rc-celta-de-vigo-laliga-ea-sports-2026-27-2-1024x716.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Corberan, Valencia manager\" class=\"wp-image-211959\"  \/>Carlos Corberan conceded to Barcelona\u2019s brilliance. (Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their dominance was not restricted to chances, either. Hansi Flick\u2019s side enjoyed around 70% possession and completed close to 800 passes, while Valencia failed to reach 300.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corberan acknowledged that Barcelona\u2019s tactical flexibility made the challenge particularly difficult, regardless of how Valencia attempted to defend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhether you play with a mid-block, a deep defensive line, or pressing high up the pitch, Bar\u00e7a always finds solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAgainst such a superior team, everything has to go your way to get anything out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was evident as Barcelona repeatedly worked their way through Valencia\u2019s defensive structure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/valencia-cf-v-fc-barcelona-laliga-ea-sports-2026-271-1-1024x745.jpg\" alt=\"Barcelona players after Valencia win\" class=\"wp-image-211941\"  \/>Barcelona scored five goals against Valencia. (Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the third goal arrived, the hosts struggled to recover, and the match effectively became a showcase of the visitors\u2019 attacking quality.<\/p>\n<p>Flick\u2019s Barcelona set the early La Liga pace<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona\u2019s victory was particularly impressive because it came without a conventional centre-forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their attacking players repeatedly rotated positions, created spaces and shared the goalscoring responsibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result also strengthened an already remarkable start to the La Liga campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona now sit top of the table with 12 points from 12, having scored 17 goals across their opening four matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Corberan\u2019s position at Valencia is looking increasingly fragile after another heavy defeat, with Barcelona producing a ruthless&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,874,223,95],"class_list":["post-81874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-carlos-corberan","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-valencia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}