Madrid — New Barcelona manager Quique Setien faces the first stern test of his brief tenure when the champions travel to Valencia in La Liga on Saturday.

Setien, who replaced Ernesto Valverde earlier in January, has yet to see his new side thrive in his possession-based system. They narrowly beat Granada last weekend before requiring an injury-time winner from Antoine Griezmann to scrape past third-tier Ibiza in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday...

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