Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

It is a sign of Gary Neville's confidence in himself that he has accepted the challenge at the Mestalla. And in many respects he has served the perfect apprenticeship to start this phase of his career in such pressurised surroundings.

He spent 19 years under the tutelage of Sir Alex Ferguson, arguably Britain's greatest manager, at Manchester United, winning 20 trophies and establishing himself as a figure of significance and influence in a dressing room packed with powerful personalities.

Neville also won 85 England caps and his coaching education has been rounded off even further by his association with the national team, where he has been at Roy Hodgson's side along with Ray Lewington since his appointment in 2012. Neville is the sort of character who will have been soaking up vital information like a sponge.

This time last week Gary Neville was dissecting Manchester United's draw at Leicester in front of the television cameras while Valencia were preparing for a game away to Sevilla with Nuno Espirito Santo in charge. 

Fast forward a few days and Nuno is no more and Neville has been charged with taking Los Che forward after securing his first managerial job.

The former Manchester United and England defender officially takes charge on Sunday but the size of the task he has taken on should become clear in the next two hours. Champions Barcelona are in town, with Neymar, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez in scintillating form.

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"I'm precious what I associate myself with. Sitting on the television over the last few years, it is time now to stand up. If I turned down this job I could have kissed goodbye to my credibility."

Has Gary Neville bitten off more than he can chew by taking charge of Valencia? Or is this the beginning of a magnificent managerial career? 

It's time to find out.

So, Real Madrid move up to second in La Liga with a comfortable 4-1 win over Getafe while Bayern Munich sink to a first league defeat of the season. In Italy, Roma concede a stoppage time penalty and are now without a win in three Serie A games. We're off to catch our breath.

We're back at 19:00 GMT with all the build up ahead of Barcelona's game at Valencia which starts at 19:30 GMT. See you then.

There is a big match in Ligue 1 going on right now. Newly-promoted Angers are winning at Lyon at half-time.  If the score stays the same then Angers will go second in the table. 

All over at the Bernabeu. Real Madrid go second in La Liga - for now. Atletico Madrid will leapfrog them if they win away to Granada at 19:15 GMT.

Two minutes of added time.

Andy West
Spanish football writer

"Valencia fans are renowned as the most volatile and fickle in Spain, and their immediate reaction to the news Neville will be their manager was positive, but not without dissent.

"At the time of this article's publication, a majority of fans - 71% - had voted in favour of his appointment in a website poll held by local newspaper Superdeporte. , externalBut that still leaves plenty of supporters who are opposed to his arrival.

"The fans' concerns about Neville are straightforward and obvious: he has never managed before, never played or worked in Spain and doesn't speak Spanish."

Remember, at 19:30 GMT we will bring you live text commentary of Barcelona's match at Valencia. Will Gary Neville be paraded on the pitch before kick-off?

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After a rampant 45 minute display, Real Madrid have been a little disappointing in the second half. Around seven minutes remaining. Rafael Benitez has sent on midfielder Mateo Kovacic and forward Jesse for Luka Modric and Karim Benzema.

Real Madrid are going second in La Liga, three points behind Barcelona.

Borussia Dortmund can cut Bayern Munich's lead to five points in the Bundesliga

Roma fail to win for the third successive Serie A game.

Bayern Munich's first league defeat of the season means Borussia Dortmund can move to within five points of the Bundesliga leaders if they win at third-place Wolfsburg (17:30 GMT).

Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 Bayern Munich

Hamburg 1-3 Mainz

Cologne 0-1 Augsburg

Hertha Berlin 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen

Ingolstadt 1-1 Hoffenheim

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Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich suffer their first league defeat of the season.

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Is there anything Zlatan Ibrahimovic cannot do? Ibrahimovic became Paris St-Germain's record Ligue 1 goalscorer as they comfortably beat Nice 3-0 on Friday to go 16 points clear at the top of the table.

Edinson Cavani opened the scoring from Ibrahimovic's cross before the Sweden striker made it 2-0 with a penalty after he was fouled by Niklas Hult, who was sent off.

That was his 86th league goal, breaking Mustapha Dahleb's record, and he added another to seal the victory. PSG are unbeaten in 17 league games.

Time running out for Bayern. Before this game they had dropped just two points in 14 matches. This will be their first league defeat since 16 May. Four minutes of added time.

It's all gone a bit boring at the Bernabeu. No more goals this half and around another 25 minutes to go.

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Just before Franck Ribery's goal, there was a bit of badinage between the Bayern Munich and Borussia Monchengladbach Twitter accounts. Impressively done, what with it being in a second language and all that...