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Barcelona, February 4
FC Barcelona piled more misery on Gary Neville’s ill-fated reign as Valencia boss with Luis Suarez scoring four and Lionel Messi hitting a hat-trick to take a 7-0 lead in their Copa del Rey semifinal, first-leg on Wednesday.
Two fine finishes inside 12 minutes from Suarez put Barca in control before Messi rounded off a fine team move for Barca’s third.
It could have been even worse for Valencia as Neymar hit the post from the penalty spot after Shkodran Mustafi was sent-off for bringing down Messi inside the area.
However, Messi and Suarez both added two more after the break to make next week’s second-leg at the Mestalla a formality.
“It is one the best games we have played all season in every sense,” said Suarez.
“From the first minute to the last we showed a great attitude, we were good on the ball and we have a good advantage.”
The Cup had been Neville’s one refuge during a winless run of eight league games since taking charge in December, but Valencia were blown away by a Barca side back to their best and on the verge of a fifth final in six seasons.
However, Neville insisted he wasn’t prepared to resign just two months after taking charge.
“I won’t sleep well tonight. I didn’t like what I saw. The fans didn’t deserve that and we have to recover incredibly quickly,” said the former Manchester United captain.
“It’s going to be a painful three or four days. This was one of my most painful days in football.”
