Barcelona welcomed Valencia to Camp Nou for the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final on Wednesday night.
A double from Luis Suarez saw Barcelona take a 2-0 lead inside 12 minutes, before Lionel Messi made it three for the Catalan outfit just before the 30-minute mark.
It got worse for Valencia in the second minute of first-half stoppage time when Shkodran Mustafi was given a red card for bringing Messi to the ground inside the box, but Neymar could only hit the post from the penalty spot.
The pain was not over for Valencia, however, with Messi scoring twice more in the second period to make it five on the night, before Suarez added two late on to consign Valencia to a 7-0 defeat.
Read how it all unfolded in Sports Mole's minute-by-minute live commentary of the action below.
BARCA: Ter Stegen; Vidal, Pique, Mathieu, Alba; Iniesta, Busquets, Turan; Neymar, Suarez, Messi
VAL: Ryan; Barragan, Mustafi, Santos, Gaya; Danilo, Parejo, Gomes; Siqueira, Rodrigo, Cancelo
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BARCA: Ter Stegen; Vidal, Pique, Mathieu, Alba; Iniesta, Busquets, Turan; Neymar, Suarez, Messi
VAL: Ryan; Barragan, Mustafi, Santos, Gaya; Danilo, Parejo, Gomes; Siqueira, Rodrigo, Cancelo
12 minutes in, Barcelona 2-0 Valencia. Suarez with both goals... pic.twitter.com/IJR7kGzOEG
— TheSPORTbible (@TSBible) February 3, 2016
3 - Most assists to Luis Suarez for @FCBarcelona:
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) February 3, 2016
NEYMAR 8
Messi 7
Dani Alves 6
Conection.
In the 2nd goal for @LuisSuarez9, 9 outfield players for Barça touch the ball in build up https://t.co/onrEyW78vd pic.twitter.com/aIwi7Pw8Uz
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) February 3, 2016
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