At 21:00 Beijing time on January 8, the 20th round of the 2021-2022 La Liga season, the bottom team Levante defeated Mallorca 2-0 at home to get a crucial 3 points on the road to relegation. It is worth mentioning that this is the second time levante has won in La Liga after a gap of 273 days, and they have ended the longest unbeaten record in La Liga with 27 unbeaten rounds. After this campaign, their points reached 11 points, and relegation was relegated with a glimmer of hope.
Prior to this match, Levante was the only team in La Liga and even the five major European leagues this season that had not won the ball. Their last victory in La Liga dates back to Last April, when Levante fired manager Paco López in October last year, and Pereira was in charge for just over a month after taking office, with interim coach Ricci finally breaking the spell of invincibility after leading the team.
Levent were won by two veterans. The 36-year-old Soldado took the lead in the 47th minute, his first goal in La Liga for Levante, after scoring three goals in the Copa del Rey. Mallorca was not without a chance, and in the 69th minute, Herrero conceded a penalty and missed the equaliser. Levante midfielder Campania was sent off for a red card in the 83rd minute, but in the 7th minute of stoppage time, the 34-year-old veteran Morales, who came off the bench, sealed the victory.
When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Levante hugged the whole team passionately, and only they knew what the victory meant. Levante Club official Tui Jun also used "Finally! finally! "Let's suffocate in my chest." In this game, Mallorca's Japan international Kenei Kubo played the full game, but he could not help the club score.
In the first game of the new year in 2022, Levante returned to the right track with such a long-lost victory, before the media predicted that they had locked in a relegation place in advance. But after this victory, Levante's points reached 11 points, and the current 3rd-to-last Alaves and the 4th-bottom Al all of them all accumulated 16 points, levante relegated and lit up a glimmer of hope, as long as you don't give up yourself, then Lucky will always have a day to take care of.