Levante turn the table against Barcelona and defeat him in 7 minutes



Levante struck a surprise high caliber, and achieved a precious victory over Barcelona, ​​3-1 on Saturday evening, in the 12th round of La Liga.

Lionel Messi scored from the penalty spot in the 38th minute, while Levante Campania, Borja Mayoral and Nemanja Radoia scored in the 61st, 63rd and 68th minutes.

The defeat is Barcelona's third in La Liga this season, temporarily frozen at 22 points in the lead, and Levante jumped to eighth with 17 points.

The fight for the top of the LaLiga, after the fall of Barca between runners-up Real Madrid (21 points), Granada and Atletico Madrid and Sevilla (20 points each).

First Half

The first threat of the match was through Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez, who received a pass from Francki de Jong on the edge of the penalty area, and hit a medium globe, which was easily grabbed by keeper Aitor in the 7th minute.

The response came from the home side, when they got a corner kick from the left side, and the cross arrived to Millero, who fired a powerful header that passed the top of Ter Stegen goal in the 17th minute.

Nelson Semedo headed on the left side and passed a deep ball into Griezmann, who fired but into the net for goalkeeper Aitor in the 21st minute.


The referee awarded a penalty for Barcelona in the 36th minute because of Levante Miramon's violent intervention on Semedo in the penalty area, and was carried out by captain Lionel Messi, who fired to the left of keeper Aitor, and lead the Blaugrana in the result.

Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez has complained of muscle aches, coming out of the pitch and replacing Carles Perez.

Second half

The second half started quietly from both sides, without any serious danger, but in the 61st minute, Jose Campania managed to score the equalizer, where he received a cross in the penalty area from his colleague Morales, and hit the right of Ter Stegen, without any defensive control Barca players.

Just a minute later, Borja Mayoral scored the second goal for Levante, who received a pass from Jose Campania on the edge of the penalty area and fired a shot into the right of goalkeeper Ter Stegen to give the home side the lead.

After receiving the two goals, Valverde decided to push Sergio Busquets instead of Arturo Vidal, to take more control of the midfield and try to defend insurance.

Valverde then joined young Anso Fati instead of Arthur Melo, seeking a return in the result, but the changes did not yield anything new.

The Levante uprising continued, with Serbian Nemanja Radoja scoring the third goal in the 68th minute, taking advantage of the return of the ball from defender Linglet and hit a powerful ball hit the Boskets before entering the right of Ter Stegen.

The attacking effectiveness of the hosts appeared, in just eight minutes, and from three shots on goal, Levante managed to turn the table at home to Barcelona.

Barca captain Messi scored a goal in the 74th minute as he pushed through Levante's defenses, but the referee canceled it for offside Griezmann.

Substitute Fati almost narrowed the gap for Barcelona in the 85th minute.


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