Levante never won in Zorrilla in First and in the XXI Century

The I raised has visited Zorrilla to face Real Valladolid in six times militant in First division and he has only won once, also achieving two draws and falling defeated three times, so this Friday's visit at 9:00 p.m. will be the seventh confrontation on the banks of the Pisuerga for the 'granotas' in the highest category.

The last time that Levante stepped on Zorrilla is quite recent, specifically on July 1 of this year, one of the eleven games that were played after returning from confinement and the Valencian team almost accidentally took a draw 0-0. Levante arrived in Valladolid with their homework done, with guaranteed permanence, but it was a tough nut to crack and did not give in; even so in the discount the referee Medié Jiménez pointed out a penalty in favor of the locals. Enes Unal that he had been very sure until then failed him, or rather Aitor made a stop with the foot and the marker did not move.

Of the three victories obtained, the most recent was in the 2018-19 campaign, with Real Valladolid recently promoted. The visitors took the lead in the 47th minute with a goal from Postigo, which forced Pucela to come back; first Unal in minute 50 put the tie and seven minutes later came the goal of the day. Back corner kick and Nacho arriving in the race shoots from long distance to score a goal that gave the victory 2-1. That game was played by Masip, Moyano, Calero, Kiko, Nacho, Míchel, Toni, Alcaraz, Cop, Plano and Unal (Antoñito, Leo Suárez and Borja also played). In that match there were two ephemeris, Antoñito made his debut in First Division and Nacho scored his first goal in the category.

The only defeat is from the last century, specifically in 1964. Levante took the points of the old Zorrilla for 1-2 with local goal by Morollón and Serafín and Pepín for the visitors. Lesmes was a Vallisoletano coach while Quique Martín Navarro, a Valladolid-born coach, was Levante's coach.

In First, therefore, in the 21st century, he never won the Levante in Zorrilla. In the time when Djukic led Real Valladolid, 2012-13, Levante arrived at Zorrilla on the second day and put the recently promoted Castilian team to the test and the Blanquivioleta responded with a 2-0 thanks to the goals of Víctor Pérez in 38 'and 48', both from penalties indicated by Iglesias Villanueva. That game was played by Jaime, Rukavina, Valiente, Rueda, Balenziaga, Víctor Pérez, Rubio, Omar, Óscar, Ebert and Javi Guerra (Neira, Lolo and Carlos Peña also played). In that match, Peña and Neira made their debut and Víctor Pérez scored his first goal in Primera and his first double for both.

Before that in the campaign 2007-08, also with Real Valladolid recently promoted to the orders of Mendilibar, Levante lost 1-0 thanks to a goal from Jonathan Sesma in minute 63. That clash was played on the local side by Alberto, Pedro López, Rafa, García Calvo, Marcos, Kome, Álvaro Rubio, Sesma, Llorente and Víctor (Ogbeche, Sisi and Óscar Sánchez also played).

Finally, it remains to review the other tie achieved by the 'granota' in the current Zorrilla, 1-1 in the 2013-14 season in which Real Valladolid descended from the hand of Juan Ignacio Martínez. The visiting team went ahead with both from Casadesús in the 25th minute and Javi Guerra tied after the break.

In Second there are another seven games with a balance of two home victories, three draws and two away victories.