Levante FS loses in Lisbon and says goodbye to the Champions League

Levante FS said goodbye to the Champions League this Saturday when they fell against Benfica after a very close match in which the Valencians emptied themselves and cut a 3-0 with goals from Araça and Usín and in which the Barça team did so. He tried to the end, putting the host team in trouble.

After the defeat of the Ukrainian Uragan, Levante faced the match against the Portuguese team more alive than ever by winning to qualify for the Final Four and the Barça team went to Fidelidade concentrated and also half an hour later due to a problem with the transportation of the team that caused the delay of the match.

Levante was defensively secure in the opening bars to prevent the Lisbon team, who had a first opportunity with Jacaré, from attacking comfortably at the same time that Maxi took advantage of the first Levantine possession to try from distance, but the shot went wide.

Despite the security shown by the Valencian team, which contained Benfica with a magnificent Maxi, Levante was soon overtaken by an overwhelming rival who suffocated the Catalans with an incisive Jacaré, but Fede was forceful and deflected Jacaré’s shots , Arthur and Chishkala.

Five minutes were enough for the Portuguese to go ahead with a goal from Hemni that Fede touched, but the hand of the Levantine goalkeeper was insufficient to clear the shot after a corner kick and, after the goal, Levante came out with Usín as a goalkeeper player.

This system managed to nip a possible offensive avalanche in the bud while the Catalans waited with a calm possession for the perfect moment to try to tie. Roger bit him from the front, but Roncaglio caught without problems.

Although the Valencians did not struggle after the goal, they had problems to overcome the high pressure of Benfica, who was close to scoring the second, but Fede blocked Tayebi’s shot and Levante took the opportunity to go quickly to the counterattack with a shot from Gallo that crashed into the stick.

In the last minute, Roncaglio put his hand down to avoid Maxi’s draw and, after the restart, Levante received two goals in just two minutes. Chishkala scored the second with a right hand and, after the goal, Levante again used the system of five that was used by Roncaglio to score an empty goal.

Far from being daunted, Levante responded in the same way and closed the gap in the 25th minute with a goal from Araça and, then, Usín scored the second after a foul that had to be repeated because Roncaglio went ahead. The 3-2 gave wings to Levante, who had several clear chances, but Benfica remained compact both in defense and in goal.