Levante downs Alaves 2-1
Monday - October 1, 2018 1:16 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Levante downs Alaves 2-1
Valencia (Spain) Oct 1 (IANS) In a great first half in which it played its best football of the season Levante cruised to a 2-1 victory over Alaves which only managed to control the flow of the game in the final minutes when they desperately tried to secure a draw.
In a new set-up Levante s Paco Lopez decided to play with three centre-men a move that provided security for the team and only appeared threatened very late in the match on Sunday reports Efe.
The visitors got on the board first at Valencia s Ciutat Stadium before some 20 000 fans with Sobrino knocking in a powerful header just five minutes into play.
But from then on it was practically all Levante as it rolled over Alaves throughout the entire first half manufacturing a number of scoring opportunities of which it was able to capitalize on two.
First it was Jason scoring on a perfect header in the 19th minute on a great centering pass from Rochina and then - with Alaves simply unable to get anything going against the Levante onslaught - it was Toño who blasted another one in in the 37th minute.
After the break Alaves showed a little more life but Levante counterattacked although neither team was able to get on the board.
Alaves controlled the ball longer than the home squad but couldn t seem to get down to their rivals goal. And as the minutes ticked away the visitors became increasingly desperate.
Ibai finally managed to fire a futile shot in the 80th minute the first shot on goal by Alaves since their goal 75 minutes earlier.
--IANS gau/mr
In a new set-up Levante s Paco Lopez decided to play with three centre-men a move that provided security for the team and only appeared threatened very late in the match on Sunday reports Efe.
The visitors got on the board first at Valencia s Ciutat Stadium before some 20 000 fans with Sobrino knocking in a powerful header just five minutes into play.
But from then on it was practically all Levante as it rolled over Alaves throughout the entire first half manufacturing a number of scoring opportunities of which it was able to capitalize on two.
First it was Jason scoring on a perfect header in the 19th minute on a great centering pass from Rochina and then - with Alaves simply unable to get anything going against the Levante onslaught - it was Toño who blasted another one in in the 37th minute.
After the break Alaves showed a little more life but Levante counterattacked although neither team was able to get on the board.
Alaves controlled the ball longer than the home squad but couldn t seem to get down to their rivals goal. And as the minutes ticked away the visitors became increasingly desperate.
Ibai finally managed to fire a futile shot in the 80th minute the first shot on goal by Alaves since their goal 75 minutes earlier.
--IANS gau/mr
