Espanyol reigns in madness and puts Levante in history

The RCDE Stadium lowered the curtain of its hectic 2021, from Second to the 20 local points in First, and he did it with the frenzy that corresponded to the occasion. Even more. Because he will curse his luck Levante, with the premiere as fixed by Alessio Lisci, for scoring three goals and despite this losing and staying alone with him record of days without winning in First: 25. And yet the Spanish, that traced twice, went from his team fame aspirin to receive a adrenaline injection nor that of Vincent (John Travolta) to Mia (Uma Thurman) in Pulp Fiction.

An ellipsis says it all. The double image the first half, a reflection of the roller coaster that was the RCDE Stadium. It began, at minute 6, with the burst of euphoria in Cornellà by the great goal from the front of Darder –Which remained in the line-up despite its gap in the forehead and the entrance of Morlanes, by Keidi–, and ended with a whistle, the referee, but also the home team. In that long half hour he was able to Get up from getting over yourself stoically and quickly, with a comeback that were distributed between De Frutos and Son as scorers and assistants, and in which he certified Alessio Lisci what he himself celebrated in the previous one: “Now I am a First Class coach.”

Because his first day as indefinite on the Granota bench, after the 0-0 as an eventual against Osasuna, the Italian detected Espanyol’s weak point, an unprotected right wing for some dates, and knew how to sharpen. Accumulating the talent of the unleashed De Frutos and Morales, who had the third in a heads-up that Diego López saved with the tip of his boot, and in a volley also cleared by the goalkeeper perico. Given this, Vicente Moreno’s plan was insufficient, even though Puado and Pedrosa, first, and Darder and Embarba, immediately afterwards, had double chances that Cárdenas destroyed.

Where football did not reach, wounded pride did. And on the restart, after a Darder start, 2-2 was born from the feet of the disputed Aleix Vidal, who passed through Yangel Herrera and who materialized Raúl de Tomás, in his reunion with the goal. Although, for the wounded, the Levant, which counterattacked –literally– in a gallop of De Frutos that Morales culminated. The minutes of madness were signed, at game time, between Puado and Son in own goal at the exit of a corner.

But the vertigo did not stop, it was even increasing. With the change of forwards in the Levante, Soldier and Stonemason, with the Melendo and Melendo gamers at Espanyol, and with a foul by Raúl de Tomás that the crowd sang as a goal. A precious game for the neutral fan and an antidote to naps. As RdT, who never says his last word, and this time caused Puado, who until this Saturday had not scored in First, established the 4-3. What could have been Levante’s first triumph in this League ended, on the contrary, with Son expelled for an alleged attack on Melamed, and with Mustafi injured. Another reflection of madness.