Tenerife spared Levante and narrowly escaped defeat

He Tenerife leave City of Valencia without the success they deserved, especially after a second half in which they had the best chances, even though they were on the verge of going away with a defeat since I raised, so thick throughout the night, they canceled some of the Moha Bouldini in the 84th minute when the island team was already with ten due to the expulsion of José León.

The first hour of the game was left and it was from then on that Tenerife, with the ball on the post Roberto Lopez and an ending of Enrique Gallego, managed to get ahead. He did not do so and almost paid dearly as Levante went down the stretch with another man and managed to secure victory despite their gray game.

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As if it was a sign of what was to come, almost nothing happened in the first quarter of an hour, despite the fact that Levante tried with the usual self-confidence of Carlos Alvarez. Tenerife were well planted, with up to four new players in the starting eleven, and stepped up from the 20th minute onwards and Corredera and Roberto López tried to control the match.

Appeared Alvaro Jimenez on the right in Tenerife’s first dangerous approach and Levante responded immediately. It was a counterattack but Bouldini, After receiving a deep pass from Dani Gómez, he collided with goalkeeper Juan Soriano. Almost thirty minutes passed to see the first dangerous actions.

The most entertaining part of the first half was the battle between Álvaro Jiménez and Valle, as balanced as it was intense. Levante could have gone two-for-one after a corner from Tenerife, but Pablo Martinez He missed a clear pass to Dani Gómez and the break came without a goal.

The second half started on a brighter note with a shot against the crossbar Slidealthough the referee blew the whistle on his teammate’s previous foul Enrique Gallego that would defeat the purpose. Pablo Martínez’s mistake was the worst news for a misguided Levante in the first hour of the game.

Ciutat de València fans exploded with his left foot Roberto Lopez at the left post (m.60) in the visitor’s best chance. The bystanders whistled at Javi Calleja and he reacted by putting Lozano and Andrés García on the field. It didn’t work and Tenerife had another good chance with Enric Gallego’s forced shot which Andrés Fernández miraculously saved on the goal line.

I put up with it

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TENERIFE

lift you up: Andrés Fernández, Capa, Vezo, Álex Muñoz, Valle (Rober Ibáñez, m.85), Pablo Martínez (Andrés García, m.62), Rey, Algobia (Lozano, m.62), Carlos Álvarez (Iván Romero, m. 75), Dani Gómez (Brugué, m.87) and Bouldini.

CD Tenerife: Juan Soriano, Mellot, León, Sipcic, Medrano (Nacho, m.71), Álvaro Jiménez (Luismi Cruz, m.94), Álex Corredera (Bodiger, m.71), Aitor Sanz, Rahmani (Loïc, m.85) , Roberto López (Teto, m.85) and Enric Gallego.

The objectives: nothing

Referee: López Toca (Cántabro Committee). He advises the local Algobia and the visitor Nacho. He sent off visiting León for a double yellow in the 80th minute.

Incidents: The match corresponding to the twenty-fourth day of LaLiga Hypermotion held at the Ciutat de València, before 14,427 spectators. A minute’s silence was held in memory of Sevilla fans who died this week in a traffic accident while traveling to Madrid to watch the Copa del Rey match against Atlético.

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There is a quarter of an hour left and Levante is still thick, although the expulsion of León After a strict second yellow, he was given one last chance. Iván Romero got it in a one-on-one inside the area that hit the post and he capitalized on the rebound Bouldini to score, but it is clearly offside (m.85).

With the tie, the I raised missed a new opportunity to close the gap on its rivals for promotion to the First and the Tenerifewho haven’t won at Levante’s ground since 1960, extended their bad streak by going their fifth straight game without a win.