Levante UD remains unbeaten at the start of the Liga Hypermotion after securing victory this afternoon against FC Cartagena at the Estadio Municipal Cartagonova. Although the Levante team could have achieved victory with a greater advantage, a goal from Morales was enough to add the three points and achieve the first clean sheet.
The Granota team struggled to get into the game during the first few minutes of the game and, after two minutes, the locals intimidated their rival with a dangerous shot from Jairo that ended in a corner kick. Little by little, the Levante team settled on the field of play and Possession of the ball became more balancedThe clearest chances did not come until around the first half hour of the match. a match marked by high temperatures that hampered the efforts of the players.
Julián Calero’s men broke the tie after a good assist from Carlos Álvarez who looked for Morales to break free. “El Comandante” faced the goal and scored his first goal in an official competition this season. Players and the half thousand Levante fans, who were behind the goal, burst into jubilation to celebrate a goal that, in the end, served to give Levante UD an important victory. The Valencians could have increased their lead before going into the break with a cross from Andrés García from the right that Roger Brugué was unable to finish well in the small area due to pressure from the defenders. Carlos Álvarez also tried from outside the area, but his shot was deflected by Fuidias. Already in the last moments of the first half, Pablo Martínez put in a cross to the far post, Morales took the ball, passed it to Carlos Álvarez and, after his shot, Lozano tried his luck. The goalkeeper stopped the ball.
After the restart, FC Cartagena tried to find the equaliser, but they were unable to put their opponents in excessive trouble. The first dangerous approach came from Levante with a Corner taken by Carlos Álvarez. Pablo put the cross looking for Morales to finish and the goalkeeper deflected the ball. Shortly after, Levante UD tried again with a Roger Brugué’s shot was again cleared by Fuidias to a corner.
The locals had their chance to get the equalizer in a corner kick in which Andrés Fernández was forced to make a double intervention preventing the ball from entering their goal. After this small scare, Levante UD immediately recovered and was about to celebrate the second goal, but, After the VAR review, the referee disallowed the goal scored by Iván Romero by a millimetre offside. In the last phase of the match, the Levante players had several options to increase the gap on the boots of Carlos Espí. After receiving an assist from Óscar Clemente, the striker faced the goal and the goalkeeper deflected his shot for a corner. Shortly afterwards, a cross shot from the Valencian went very close to the right post of the home team’s goal.
Finally, Morales’ goal served to give Levante UD the three points again.
