The Levante salvation options They go through Carlos Espí, a 20-year-old boy, 194 centimeters tall who has undoubtedly taken the team on his back and is the player Levante clings to to achieve permanence. His goal in the final stretch of the match puts the Granota team back in the fight after a very unfavorable day due to the results achieved by their main rivals. David Soria, who saved two penalties, prevented Getafe’s defeat from being more severe.
The game started strangely with two controversial actions that could change everything. Four minutes later, Juan Iglesias stole a ball and was about to enter the Levante area, receiving a push-charge from Dela that completely unbalanced the Getafense player, causing him to fall to the ground. The referee did not see anything punishable, but the truth is that the play was at its limit, with Dela being the last Levantine defender. After eight minutes, a challenge by Espí on Djené was sanctioned with a direct red card. by Alejandro Quintero decision he had when reconsidering after going to the VAR monitor and reduce the punishment to a yellow card.
Before that action Tunde was about to open the scoring for the locals with a shot from a pass from Toljan that removed the dust from David Soria’s crossbar.
With the curious image of the two coaches watching the game from the stands due to suspension, The game entered a phase of mediocrity, with hardly any dangerous occasions to report. And Getafe is a defensively very difficult team to attack successfully. The only one, a goal well disallowed by Pablo Martínez for offside at 27 minutes.
The game went to half-time with a clear scoring chance for Getafe in a Luis Milla free kick, one of those that are so close that any touch, whether by the attacker or defender, sends it into the net. In this case Abqar did not manage to reach the ball.
After the resumption Luis Vázquez bought tickets to see the second yellow for a tackle on Manu Sánchez. Bordalás saw it clearly and ordered the change of the forward for Mario Martín, just a minute after Espí wasted a one-on-one with Soria finishing with the outside of his right foot over the crossbar.
Levante had it again in the 60th minute when Duarte committed a penalty on Iván Romero. The maximum penalty, poorly executed by Dela, was stopped by David Soria.
Getafe was too deep in their field and practically gave up the attack, while Levante Espí fought alone against the entire Getafe defense and won practically all the duels. Six minutes from the end, the new idol of the Ciutat de Valencia made a good serve from Manu Sánchez and scored with a header the goal that keeps Levante alive. The end of the game was pure emotion. With Romero sent off for a double yellow in the 90th minute and with David Soria stopping a new penaltythis time to Iván Romero.
