In the early morning of January 5, Beijing time, the first match of the 18th round of La Liga was held at the Municipal Stadium of Valencia, and the two mid-range teams Levante played at home to Girona. Levante took advantage of the home field to completely suppress Girona on the offensive after the opening, and in the 5th minute, Morales scored a cold shot from the left and shot from a very sharp angle, but goalkeeper Bono bravely saved the ball. Then Roger and Barch also got good chances in a row, but they also failed to break Bono's ten-finger mark.
In the 30th minute, Girona won a free kick opportunity in front of the field, Granell was very clever to pick up a quick pass into the box, after the ball bounced off the ground, Porto quickly slid over and picked the ball into the net before goalkeeper Orasabar, Girona led 1:0. In the 57th minute, Tonio sent a direct plug in midfield, Morales stormed, he drove the ball straight into the box and shook off the two defenders, shooting the ball through the middle of the two into the net, Levante finally scored a 1-1 equalizer.
In the 68th minute, Girona counter-attacked Paolo to send a diagonal, Stuani burst into the box, Postig pushed him from behind, and referee Marlenko directly showed a red card to send Postig off. Stuani has been playing a lot of games, and if Postig hadn't fouled, he might have been able to score a one-handed goal, and the top scorer will be chasing Messi again, but Stuani has also done a good job, creating a red card and a good free kick opportunity.
Stuani just fell a little in front of the penalty area, Girona got a good free-kick opportunity, Levante's human wall was a bit of a problem, Garcia's direct free-kick passed through the middle of the wall, goalkeeper Olasabar was whipped and the ball had been fired into the net, Girona again exceeded the score 2:1, and Levante's players all pointed out to each other that the wall was really not lined up.
Girona, who then played with one more man, also failed to fully dominate, they also relied on counter-attack to create opportunities, in the 80th minute, Lozano's teammate in the box was put down when he crossed from the left to hit the goal, he signaled to Marenko that it was a penalty, but the referee did not pay attention.
In the 86th minute, Levante, who did not give up, won a free kick on the right, Campania sent the ball into the box, Koke inserted the hammer and did not top it, but he was lucky, the ball hit him and bounced into the net, Levante drew 2-2 with Girona. Although Girona suffered a 10-man Levante kill, with two good free kicks, taking a point away from home at a disadvantage is also a good result for them.