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Estadi de Mestalla - Valencia 07/11/2012 - 20:45CET (20:45 local time)
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Valencia - BATE 4-2 - 07/11/2012 - Match page - UEFA Champions League 2013
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Valencia survive late BATE scare to prosper
Valencia CF eased past FC BATE Borisov 4-2 for a vital UEFA Champions League win which looked as if it would be more clear cut.
Goals from Jonas and Roberto Soldado plus a second-half brace from Sofiane Feghouli reflected Valencia's overall dominance – and set up a tantalising matchday five showdown with Group F leaders FC Bayern München. But two BATE replies in the second period, from Renan Bressan and Dmitri Mozolevski, will have annoyed home coach Mauricio Pellegrino given the sloppiness involved.
Match in 5
- Jonas instigates Valencia victory with 26th-minute opener
- Hosts race into 3-0 lead before Bressan hits back for BATE
- Second-half Feghouli double sets up match with joint leaders Bayern
- Soldado hits 16th UEFA Champions League goal in 20 games
- Substitute Mozolevski earns consolation goal as BATE slip to third
Reaction
I'm happy. These are three important points for us. We still have to play against Bayern here, and this will be the decisive game. I don't think the group is completely decided.
Mauricio Pellegrino, Valencia coach
We continue to grow despite the result. We played the way I wanted but made too many mistakes in the middle of the park, which led to their goals.
Viktor Goncharenko, BATE coach
Lineups
 | Valencia |  | BATE |
| 13 | Guaita (GK) | 35 | Gorbunov (GK) |
| 3 | Cissokho | 2 | Likhtarovich (C) 55 |
| 4 | Rami | 8 | Volodko |
| 5 | Gago 32 | 10 | Renan Bressan 5388 |
| 7 | Jonas2667 | 14 | Radkov62 |
| 8 | Feghouli5186 | 15 | Hleb77 |
| 9 | Soldado (C) 2979 | 18 | Bordachev25 |
| 12 | João Pereira | 20 | Rodionov56 |
| 17 | Guardado88 | 21 | Filipenko |
| 20 | Ricardo Costa | 25 | Baga |
| 24 | Costa | 33 | Polyakov |
Substitutes | |||
| 1 | Diego Alves (GK) | 30 | Gutor (GK) |
| 6 | Albelda88 | 5 | Yurevich |
| 10 | Éver Banega67 | 7 | Kontsevoi88 |
| 14 | Barragán | 13 | Mozolevski7783 |
| 15 | Viera | 22 | Simić |
| 16 | Valdez79 | 27 | Kurlovich |
| 18 | Víctor Ruiz | 32 | Sivakov5558 |
Coaches | |||
| Mauricio Pellegrino (ARG) | Viktor Goncharenko (BLR) | ||
Referee | |||
| Tom Harald Hagen (NOR) | |||
Press kits
Standings
Bayern
Valencia
BATE
LOSCLegend:
- P: Played
- Pts: Points
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Minute By Minute
- 88Kontsevoi (in) - Renan Bressan (out) (BATE)
- 88Albelda (in) - Guardado (out) (Valencia)
- 86Feghouli (Valencia) scores!
Sofiane Feghouli finds himself in space at the back post, and the midfielder controls the ball cooly before hammering home his second. Great cross by substitute Éver Banega to pick him out. - 83Mozolevski (BATE) scores!
Valencia run out deserved winners and sets up a huge clash against Bayern in the next round. The combination of Jonas and Roberto Soldado once again proved too much for BATE, and their home record rolls on.