In the early morning of December 21, Beijing time, the 18th round of the 2021-22 La Liga season was contested for the last match, and Levante sat in the Valencia Municipal Stadium and Valencia to start a derby. After some fierce battles, Valencia defeated Levante 4-3 away.
Valencia have been in hot form lately, having been unbeaten in six rounds with three wins and three draws, and Levante is the only team in La Liga this season that has not won, leading Espanyol twice in the last round and eventually losing 3-4. Levante started better today, with a corner kick opportunity on the left in the 17th minute when Duatt nodded his head and headed the hammer into the top of the goal to bounce off Diacabi and hit the crossbar. Referee Gonzalez personally went to the sidelines to watch the VAR and identified Diacaby as handball and directly awarded the yellow dot package. Campania's penalty was saved by goalkeeper Cyresen, but the ball bounced right in front of him, Campania calmly scored, and Levante opened the scoring 1-0.
Just 3 minutes later Levante returned, a quick counter-attack in which Morales inserted a clever diagonal plug on the left side, Roger's right side of the box a powerful low shot, the ball straight into the net, Levante scored 2 goals in 3 minutes to lead 2:0. Valencia then launched a fierce counterattack, and in the final stage of the first half, Guedes received a pass from Douro, continued to cut across the defense and fired a powerful shot at the top of the arc of the penalty area, the ball was in the net, and Valencia pulled a goal back 1:2. Just 2 minutes into the opening of the game, Valencia launched an attack with a long pass from the back, Douro inserted into the box at high speed and was put down by Vizo, referee Gonzalez blew the penalty again, Solair took the penalty and hit steadily, Valencia equalized 2-2. In the 72nd minute, valencia midfielder broke the ball and counterattacked quickly, Guedesze should send a scalpel-style oblique plug, Solair inserted into the box and adjusted his footsteps directly half turned and fired vigorously, goalkeeper Cárdenas struggled to save and failed to prevent the ball from entering the net, Solair scored twice, Valencia 3:2 to win the score.
In the 84th minute, Valencia quickly counter-attacked on the left side, Andre ran wildly to the front with the ball to send a delicate oblique plug, Guedes followed up to carry back the defender, and then deftly passed the goalkeeper Cardenas and hit the empty goal, Guedes also scored twice, Valencia pulled 4 goals in a row, 4:2 lead. Levante, who did not give up after 5 minutes, instigated the attack with a long pass from the top, Roger unloaded the ball on the right and then passed it back to the middle, Saldado's penalty point should be cleverly obliquely blocked, Baldi inserted the ball into the net, referee Gonzalez scored effectively after the VAR decision, and Levante pulled back a goal 3:4. After that, there was not much time, Levante could not afford to equalize, and finally the two-goal lead was reversed, or missed the first win of the season, and Valencia won three consecutive wins.
In terms of standings, Real Madrid can still have a six-point advantage to lead Sevilla after the 7-game winning streak is terminated, and the dark horse Vallecano surpasses Atletico by one point and ranks in the top 4. With this three-game winning streak, Valencia once again surpassed Barca by one point to advance to the top seven, and only one point behind Atletico and Real Sociedad.
In terms of top scorers, Benzema is at the top of the list with 13 goals, Juanmi is in second place by 1 goal difference, Valencia is not only the team's ranking, Solair, Guedes today after both scored twice, both squeezed into the top ten, Solair and Suarez 7 goals tied for 7th, Guedes is just tied for tenth with Oyasaval and others.