Barcelona – After two competitive defeats, FC Barcelona was once again able to look forward to a sense of achievement. The Catalans, who competed without Rapid loan from Yusuf Demir, defeated Valencia 3-1 on Sunday evening at the Estadio Camp Nou and improved to seventh in the table with 15 points. The deficit on leader Real Sociedad – on Thursday in the Europa League opponent of Sturm Graz in the Merkur Arena – is only five points in one game less.