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PASADENA, CA – JULY 28: Sergi Roberto #20 of Barcelona (far right) lines up the cautious divider before the Barcelona objective amid the primary portion of the International Champions Cup 2018 match against the Tottenham Hotspur at Rose Bowl on July 28, 2018 in Pasadena, California. Barcelona crushed Tottenham 5-3 on punishments after a 1-1 attract control. Victor Decolongon/Getty Images/AFP
Barca began the day at the highest point of the heap and afterward Atletico Madrid delighted in a few hours at the summit in the wake of edging past Real Betis at the Wanda Metropolitano.
Sevilla, in any case, usurped them both by beating 10-man Celta Vigo and Barca were not able recover the lead in the late commencement, held by Valencia to a 1-1 draw at the Mestalla.
It implies Ernesto Valverde's side are a point behind Sevilla and without a group triumph now in four matches, a dunk that distinct difference a conspicuous difference to their enchanting triumph over Tottenham in the Champions League on Wednesday.
Messi, mesmeric at Wembley, was on target once more, his determined shot into the corner offsetting a strange opener for Valencia, scored after only 78 seconds.
Ezequiel Garay guaranteed the last touch however Daniel Parejo's corner had been flicked on by Geoffrey Kondogbia, missed by Thomas Vermaelen and skimmed through off Gerard Pique's back.
Philippe Coutinho ought to have won it for Barcelona in the second half yet took too long to pull the trigger and Jose Gaya could make the square.
"When we don't win we generally consider it two focuses lost," Valverde said.
"After Leo's objective, we had a go at everything except for they guarded well and we couldn't get the objective we needed."
For Valencia, now unbeaten in six, this was another positive development, regardless of whether they are thinking that its hard to transform draws into wins. They climb to fourteenth.
"Leaving Barca for a hour and a half for all intents and purposes without a shot implies that we have worked exceptionally well," Valencia mentor Marcelino said.
Atletico and Sevilla's prosperity likewise pushed battling Real Madrid down to fourth. Julen Lopetegui's side persevered through a stun vanquish away by Alaves on Saturday.
For all the discussion of emergency at the best two clubs, in any case, this was Sevilla's day.
Pablo Sarabia went to open the scoring at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan before Celta protector Nestor Araujo was sent off for getting two yellow cards in the same number of minutes.
– 'Part of certainty' –
Wissam Ben Yedder multiplied the lead and keeping in mind that substitute Sofiane Boufal pulled one back for Celta, it demonstrated too little to late. The triumph is Sevilla's fourth on the bob in the group.
"At the minute we are playing with a great deal of certainty," Ben Yedder said. "We are demonstrating we can be predictable."
Atletico had before proceeded with their own solid pursue Angel Correa's objective demonstrated conclusive in a chaotic 1-0 prevail upon Real Betis.
Atletico sat seven focuses behind Real and Barca in the wake of winning just a single of their opening four association diversions however as their adversaries have faltered, Diego Simeone's side have sprung into shape.
"We take a gander at everything discreetly and keep on enhancing," Simeone said. "We have developed."
Simeone can assume a portion of the acknowledgment too for the most recent triumph, in the wake of tossing on both Correa and Thomas Partey as substitutes in the second half. Thomas gave the help.
"At the point when the players react, the mentors look better," Simeone said. "The groups that test up the highest point of the table are there a result of the players they can bring off the seat."
The challenge was charged as an exemplary conflict of styles, with Atletico's resolute barrier up against the free-streaming Real Betis, who lit up the association last season with their whirlwind of objectives.
"An extraordinary mentor once stated, the best Plan B is dependably to do Plan A superior," said Betis mentor Quique Setien.
They could likewise have run top with a win, such is the scrunched idea of the best half, however rather Betis slip to eighth.
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