Just when everyone's eyes are attracted by the FA Cup semi-finals, a relegation battle in La Liga this season is also launched, and Levante, who ranks second from the bottom of the league, will go to face Granada, who is the fifth-to-last in the league, after the two sides lost 0-3 to their opponents in the first leg of the match, and this round of competition they must win this opponent in the face of the real pressure of relegation.
Relegation regular vs downside teams
Levante can be said to be familiar with relegation, according to statistics they have landed in La Liga a total of 14 times so far in the 04/05 season, 6 of which have climbed out of the relegation zone, and their record has been hovering around 10, and this season they are once again in the relegation quagmire, successive managers have not been able to save the team, this time they may really have to be relegated. Don't look at the home team Granada's bad record this season, they were a team that landed in Europe 2 seasons ago! The team is best known for the Chinese capital behind them, as a team controlled by a Chinese boss, the duel between them and the Spaniards is always full of gunpowder.
Race conditions
Levante's side started the game to the unrestrained Granada team to create a lot of trouble, in the 16th minute Levante side of the 34-year-old veteran Morales side using super personal ability to complete the breakthrough to the bottom line, and then he directly completed a beautiful pass to send an assist, followed by Dani Gomez pushed the ball in, but then Granada's side gradually warmed up to occupy the initiative of the situation on the field, but unfortunately they failed to equalize the score before half-time.
An incident that happened in the second half on the Granada side completely ruined the team's good situation, and in the 55th minute, Germain Sanchez stomped on Morales in the penalty area to send a point and received the second yellow card to dye the red field! Morales scored the penalty himself to extend the team's lead to 2-0. Granada, who is 1 behind, can no longer organize the attack, while the team's defense is also a door open, in the 77th minute of the counterattack after a simple cooperation, Morales again sent an assist, Marsa scored the ball, the score is already 3-0, it can be said that Morales's performance of 2 goals and 1 assist in this game is really invisible to this is a 34-year-old player.
Granada, who knew in the last moment that he had to attack, replaced him with 3 forwards to complete the letting go, and finally relied on his personal ability in the 91st minute, Barca's youngster Cogliardo, who was loaned to the team, completed a low shot, but unfortunately, in the 94th minute, Levante's substitute striker Soldado also completed the goal with a color goal, and the final score was fixed at 4-1.
After the game
The fierceness of this game can be said to be beyond everyone's imagination, and the two teams fighting for relegation have won a total of 7 yellow cards and 1 red card! Although Levante is still 19th in La Liga after the game, the gap between them and the relegation team Mallorca has narrowed to 4 points, and this team can be said to be in better and better shape in recent rounds of matches, since April, they have played 2-0 European powerhouse Villarreal, 2-3 defeat to Barca and this game 4-1 victory over Granada, we are confident that they can complete the task of relegation in the last minute.