Estadi Ciutat de València in recent years has been for FC Barcelona cursed object. For the last five away duels with Levante the Catalan team won only once. In addition, they recorded three defeats and only tied once. Levante himself was even forced to continue this series, because his situation in the table means that in order to avoid a decline, a score is needed in practically every game.
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Levante takes the lead first
In the first half, neither team managed to gain an advantage over their rivals. The game was balanced and although both teams shot twice, it was much more dangerous under Stegen’s goal. The closest to entering the list of goalscorers was Jose Luis Morales, but ultimately no goals were scored by half-time.
Second part for Levante started brilliantly. In the 52nd minute, Dani Alves fouled the opponent in his own penalty area and the referee dictated a penalty, which Morales used without much trouble. Just four minutes later judge He pointed to eleven meters again – this time Eric Garcia played the ball with his hand. At 2-0 this time Roger Marti tried to raise, however Marc-Andre ter Stegen he sensed his intentions perfectly and saved his shot.
Rollercoaster, penalties and goal for Barcelona in stoppage time
Marty’s box made the Barça players gain new strength. Just three minutes after the box player Levante scored the 1: 1 goal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Less than four minutes had passed, and Xavi Hernandez’s team was already leading 2: 1 – Pedri, who had entered the field a few minutes earlier, found the way to the net.
It seemed that losing two goals in such circumstances will not allow the hosts to get up. It happened otherwise – in the 82nd minute Clement Lenglet, who entered the field only 120 seconds earlier, awarded another penalty. Gonzalo Melero approached the third attempt from 11 meters and made the equalizer with a strong shot.
Although Levante, who played the wave, tried to score the third goal, nothing came of it. One minute after the goal at 2: 2, Luuk de Jong appeared on the pitch, who again became Barca’s hero. In the second minute of added time, Jordi Alba perfectly crossed the head of the Dutchman, who with an accurate shot found his way to the net and secured his team a victory.
Thanks to this win Barcelona was on points with Sevill± (60), but thanks to a better goal difference, she overtook her and jumped to the second place in the table. Levante, on the other hand, was left with 22 points and to the first safe place out of seven matches he loses seven points before the end of the season.
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