Real Valladolid and Levante continue to concede and tie to one

Real Valladolid and Levante shared the points and the two teams failed in their attempt not to concede. The local team started winning with a good goal from Marcos André, but Campaña tied with a penalty caused by Dani Gómez. The pucelanos add their third game unbeaten, seven points out of nine, while the granas accumulate their fifth consecutive game tying at one.

Paco López, Levante coach, surprised by giving ownership to Cárdenas, goal of the subsidiary, instead of Koke Vegas, to replace the injured Aitor Fernández and came out with all his arsenal of quality offensive players, while Sergio González continued the line-up that had given him the first two victories of the season. And the duel began with rhythm and occasions. Guardiola took only 25 seconds to try to surprise the goalkeeper granota, while in the first minute Morales had already tested Masip and before five Marcos André had two more occasions. The game had started with a lot of rhythm, becoming a runner, a more typical visitor style than a local one. But the promising start became more leaden until the break, thanks to the fact that the pucelanos stopped the granota vertigo a bit. Valladolid soon recovered the ball and looked for the opposite goal. Orellana tried a direct foul, but it was Marcos André who turned into a nightmare for the visitors, albeit without success. Nor was Guardiola fortunate, who headed, in the most important opportunity of the first half, at the hands of the debutant Cárdenas.

The second half began, with a clear chance from Morales, headed, very similar to Guardiola's in the first, but Masip stopped the shot. In the opposite goal, and on the counterattack, Real Valladolid scored. Óscar Plano, from the left, entered with force and his center on the entrance of Marcos André became an unappealable header from the Brazilian to the tights. The South American signed his third consecutive goal. Alcaraz was able to sentence another great counter, but the Barcelona player threw out on the clearest occasion. However, the one who forgives pays it. Dani Gómez, who came in for refreshment, forced a penalty from Joaquín and Campaña made the tie. The young winger still shot wide for a few minutes later and Jota was able to leave the victory in Zorrilla, taking a very dangerous ball, but by raising it above the goalkeeper, Cárdenas prevented the goal and certified the tie.

Paco López: “The team is alive, but lack clarity at the end”

The Levante coach, Paco López, pointed out this Friday, after tying one goal again, in this case against Real Valladolid, that “The team is alive, reaches the opposite area, creates chances, but there is a lack of clarity in the final meters.”

As he has analyzed, “in the first half the goal could fall on either side and, in the second half, although Real Valladolid gained the advantage, Levante showed its personality and had possession, after changing the structure of the game, but it did not end. to get that victory that serves as an impulse “.

“We wanted and needed to win. The draw does not satisfy, but it is true that this point gives that little hope, because we finished well. The important thing is that the team is still alive, they have had eleven corners for three from Valladolid and the reward will come “, has warned.

Therefore, he has assured that they will continue “in that endeavor”, “correcting things, such as the fact that there is always a goal against and it is time to go to tow”, but he has insisted that “the team wants, arrives, and only lacks be more successful in that last stretch. “

“We will continue to search hard, because this team does not give up”, has added, while having valued that his team “knew how to react after the opponent's goal, after a few minutes of distraction,” logical “, because he was” affected “, and take advantage of the change in the game structure to try to give the back to the game.

Thus, the tie was achieved thanks to the play of Dani Gómez, at a time in the match in which, even, they could have surprised the rival more, and for that reason he considers that “in those moments that you live in games, when you He has the feeling of being able to get there, you have to kill and be more aggressive in the last meters, “he concluded. -EFE