Levante clings to Sánchez Vera to dream against Barça
The 'granotas' seek to surprise in the Super Cup thanks to their coach, a Blaugrana executioner of yesteryear
MADRID, 19 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
FC Barcelona will try to reissue its Spanish Women's Super Cup title this Saturday (8:00 p.m./La 2), in the final that will be hosted by the Municipal Stadium of Butarque (Leganés) and that will face a Levante UD that dreams of neutralizing favoritism of his rival thanks to what his coach José Luis Sánchez Vera designs on the board, one of the few who knows what it is to win a game against the Blaugrana team.
The first official title of the season in national women's football will feature the Catalan team, winner of the last two editions, and the Valencian team, which faces its second final of this competition after losing clearly in 2021 against Atlético de Madrid (3-0).
The 'granota' team needed an extension to take revenge on the red and whites and access this final in 2024, where they want to deploy their assets and toughen as much as possible the path towards a new national title for the blaugranas, difficult to beat in a match in This was dominating, especially in Spain.
Barça has won the last two editions of the Super Cup with a balance of 14 goals for and one against, and with its greatest difficulty in last season's semi-final in this competition against Real Madrid, against whom it needed extra time , but in 2021 he was eliminated on penalties by Atlético de Madrid.
In the Copa de la Reina, without taking into account the administrative elimination last season due to improper alignment of Geyse Ferreira against CA Osasuna, the Barça team has not lost a game since Atlético itself eliminated them in the semi-finals. of 2019 (2-0).
And in both cases the rival coach was Sánchez Vera, who can boast of having that formula to knock down the almost invincible Barça in a single match, something that is within the reach of few. Already last year, in his first year at the helm of Levante, he almost scratched something positive at the Estadi Johan Cruyff (2-1) and stood up to him at the Ciudad Deportiva de Buñol despite falling 0-4, where he arrived 0-1 at minute 77.
Now, after beating Atlético in extra time (3-1), the Levante team arrives encouraged and without pressure to this title match, where they will try to compete for as long as possible and upset their opponent with a powerful attack led by Alba Redondo, Mayra Ramírez and Gabi Nunes who was key in the semis with her double in overtime.
BARÇA, TO IMPOSE ITS OFFENSIVE TALENT AND DEFENSIVE SOLIDITY
In any case, Levante knows that they will have to present a 'perfect' match to the current champion, who demonstrated their potential without giving the sensation of having to accelerate to the maximum in their semi-final against Real Madrid, which ended with a clear 4-0 and the stake decided before the break.
The team coached by Jonatan Giráldez continues with voracity and will not go to a new final with relaxation, willing to impose an offensive talent that is personified in players like Salma Paralluelo, Caroline Graham Hansen, Mariona Caldentey or Aitana Bonmatí, and their defensive solidity, with only four goals conceded in all competitions; Levante has only received six in the 2023/24 F League, although it has not yet faced the current champion.
The most likely thing is that the current European champion will come out strong on the Butarque grass, looking to lock down Levante and open the scoring as soon as possible, to force Sánchez Vera's team to have to unprotect themselves a little more than it initially seems. .
DATASHEET.
–POSIBLE ALIGNMENTS.
FC BARCELONA: Neck; Bronze, Paredes, Engen, Batlle; Walsh, Guijarro, Bonmatí; Graham Hansen, Paralluelo and Caldentey.
LEVANTE UD: Holmgren; Antonia, Méndez, Mendoza, Tomás; Fernández, Baños, Sosa, Andonova; Ramírez and Redondo.
–REFEREE: Rivera Olmedo (C.Vasco).
–STADIUM: Butarque.
–TIME: 20.00/La 2.