Keeping a clean sheet, Javi Pereira’s first success

The Levante managed for the first time in the season against Getafe (0-0) to finish the game with his clean sheet already that apparent defensive solidity the coach grasps Javi Pereira, who made his debut at the head of the team in this match, to set the course for a team that still did not win in the League nine days later.

Two months of competition has had to wait for Levante to close a game without a goal against after having conceded thirteen goals so far that make them one of the two worst Primera teams in this facet.

With Rubén Vezo y Shkodran Mustafi as a central pair and Jorge Miramón and Carlos Clerc on the flanks, Pereira intends to start from scratch and find a way for his team to maintain an optimal level in defense and thus get closer to winning for the first time this season.

Pereira himself confirmed in his presentation last Friday that his intention is equip players with confidence, so it seems logical that in Seville on Sunday they repeat these four defenses and Aitor Fernandez under sticks in search of a stability that reinforces the team in defensive aspects.

Nor is that Getafe demanded too much to Levante with frequent arrivals, but neither the center-backs nor the full-backs made huge errors in the ball exit as it had happened, repeatedly, in the first eight days of competition with the previous coach, Paco López, on the bench .

Closing the sangria of goals against is a good starting point for Javi Pereira’s Levante, but the new coach still has a lot of work to do, since at the offensive level he has lost the freshness of yesteryear and is not capable of running with danger on the counterattack and taking advantage of the speed of José Luis Morales or Jorge of Fruits.

Without José Campaña or Enis Bardhi on the field due to injury, Levante does not have the “magic” that Pereira referred to in the press conference after the draw against Getafe and without Roger Martí, suffering at the last minute from heel discomfort, he lost a third of his scoring production.

One of the aspects that it intends to get better Pereira is precisely the physical, since Levante sank in the last twenty minutes of the game, as recognized by the coach himself, and currently has up to seven injured players: Campaña, Bardhi, Melero, Malsa, Vukcevic, Postigo and Roger.

If Pereira is capable of keep the team orderly and balanced in defense and can recover his best players in attack as soon as possible, he can take a step forward to leave the relegation zone, although his next rivals will be Sevilla at home and Atlético de Madrid at the Ciutat de València.

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