Levante 2-Villarreal 0 | Morales does not give up

Levante faced the match against Villarreal as the last bullet to cling to the dream of permanence. With significant casualties in attack, but with Morales and Roger, the flag of recent years, they received the visit of a rival euphoric for what is to come next week in the Champions League and with the idea of ​​reaffirming himself before Wednesday night and a stumble in Cadiz. But this time football smiled at the granotas. The ‘Comandante’ put the team on his back and signed a victory that is worth gold. Momentarily, in the absence of the Alavés match, Levante abandons the bottom positions. Something that hadn’t happened since LaLiga matchday 13.

Each Villarreal transition made the Granota defense and the Orriols stands tremble. Alessio Lisci’s men, for their part, were not far behind when they had the opportunity to gallop towards Rulli’s goal. Morales and Danjuma challenged each other in a duel of sprinters when they found the spaces to travel.

However, the Ciutat public grew impatient asking their supporters for something more after half an hour of meeting, despite the fact that the granotas accumulated the clearest chances in the first act, with Roger in all the sauces.

Levante left the locker room with a double change. One forced, Cáceres due to injury and Franquesa due to technical decision. Vezo and Son entered in his place. A few minutes later, Campaña replaced an erratic Melero to provide football and solutions in midfield. But the chances, this time, fell on the side of the yellows. Yeremy and Danjuma tested an inspired Cárdenas under the sticks, without success. Foyth, in one of his limited additions, crashed the ball into the crossbar trying to surprise at the short post. The game began to open before the need for both teams to add three. And in that scenario there are few players like Morales.

The captain took advantage of Roger’s struggle with the central defenders to stand up to Rulli and score first with his left foot before the Argentine goalkeeper left. Although it is true that half a goal is the heel of the ‘9’ Granota, which left the captain alone. Zipi and Zape to the rescue. After the goal, Villarreal turned efforts while Levante defended the rent with everything. And again Morales, in a new transition of vertigo born from a pitch from the defense, and with the collaboration of Estupiñán, erratic in the clearance, gave wings to the Granota captain to stand before Rulli and make him dance on a tile. The ‘Comandante’ believes in miracles like nobody else.