At 21:00 Beijing time on January 8, 2022, the 20th round of La Liga began, and Levante drew 1-1 with Mallorca. In the first half, the two teams drew 0-0, the second half just began, Levante scored 1 goal, in the 80th minute, Mallorca equalized, but was punished invalidally, in the end, Levante faced the weak Mallorca team, at home to usher in the first win of the season, but still 11 points in the points to continue to rank at the bottom of the table.
Levante finished last in La Liga, scoring as much as eight points out of the relegation zone. Without a miracle, this team will be ironclad relegated. Mallorca, after a winless record of 2 losses and 1 draw in the league, also hopes to achieve a victory in this round to end their bad luck. Mallorca beat Espanyol 1-0 at home this season, which is particularly interesting due to the fact that both teams have an Asian star factor. Mallorca has also been dubbed the Spaniards the "bitter lord" by Chinese fans.
Although Levante wanted to take advantage of the home position, they were still conservative, with a 532 formation in the starting lineup. The Mallorca team, on the other hand, lined up in a 4231 formation, with Japan's nova Hisahito as the center forward.
After the start of the game, although Levante lined up a 532 formation, he played quite openly on the offensive two wings and showed enthusiasm in assists. However, both teams did not get a good chance in the first half, ending in a draw.
In the 46th minute of the second half, Levante counter-attacked, Baldi sent a direct shot from midfield, and Soldado calmly pushed the goal! Levante 1-0!
After conceding a goal, mallorca hastily began to deploy their troops, replacing Senegalese striker Amat Bergeron. Ndiaye. In the 67th minute, Mallorca lost an equalising chance, and on the premise of winning a penalty, the penalty was actually given to defender Burian, and the penalty was lost.
In the 82nd minute, Mallorca again missed the equalising opportunity and striker Niño's goal was ruled invalid after being re-examined by VAR. And Levante midfielder Campania was sent off with a red card for fouls and offensive words.
However, this red card did not cause Levante to collapse, but became more and more courageous. In the last minute of stoppage time, Levante seized the opportunity of Mallorca's full attack to play a counter-attack, and in the end, Mallorca was defeated by Levante 0-2 on the road.
In this game, he set 4 new records. First, Mallorca's record of 2 wins over Levante since the 2020 season has been broken; second, Levante has ended the humiliating record of 24 unbeaten games in La Liga since March 13, 2021, while also ending Levante's 14-game unbeaten run at home;
Third, Mallorca have suffered two consecutive defeats in 2022 and have also won four rounds of La Liga this season, but this is not the highest record for this team, as they have not won seven consecutive rounds before.