After the restart, the referee added two minutes of stoppage time to the clock. Seeing this, Baraja urged his players to try and make use of the time and they almost did after Fran Perez's solo run ended in a pass into the Barcelona box.
The fans watched as Javi Guerra appeared to meet the ball but his first-time shot was nudged out of the way by a spectacular save by Ter Stegen.
"The shot was saved but at least we have a corner" was what the fans were thinking but that was until the referee's whistle sounded for the halftime break.
The Valencia players approached the referee confused about his decision to end the half when they had got a corner but the referee argued the time was well over what he had added.
The referee's whistle brought an end to a dramatic first half. Barcelona led 2-1, but the game was far from decided.