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Barcelona recently suffered two bitter disappointments. Last week the Catalans were eliminated by PSG in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. They had won the first leg in Paris 3-2. Then on Sunday there was a 2-3 defeat in the El Clasico away to Real Madrid. With this defeat, Barca championship journey for the title has finally come to an end. Barcelona are now 14 points behind first place in the table. In the home table, Barca is only in fifth place with 37 points. Now Xavi's men still have to finish the season properly on the last five matchdays in LaLiga. The start is the home game on Monday against Valencia. Barca have certainly had some bad luck with referee decisions in the last two games. In the Champions League second leg against Paris St. Germain, Ronald Araujo was sent off after 29 minutes. In the table for the second half of the season, Valencia is currently in 5th place. In the overall balance, Baraja's men are in 8th place and are only one point behind the Conference League places. There have already been eight defeats in 16 games away from home. However, the bats only conceded 34 goals. Only two LaLiga teams have a better defense.