Getafe fall to Levante despite two penalty saves from David Soria

Getafe fall to Levante despite two penalty saves from David Soria Levante 1-0 Getafe Levante secured an enormous victory on Monday night at the Ciutat de Valencia stadium against Getaf, maintaining hope for Los Granotas in their survival bid. The high-flying Getafe were brought back down to earth, despite Levante missing from the spot twice. The hosts started off the better, and in the early stages Kareem Tunde grazed the bar with a golden opportunity from a cutback.

That was in the opening five minutes, and it looked as if Levante would regret it, after Carlos Espi was dismissed for a studs-up challenge. Yet after a VAR review, it was downgraded to a yellow, saving his blushes. It was sort of assumed that Getafe would get back into the game, and begin to get forward.

If they did manage to slow the tempo, and restrict Levante to an Adrian de la Fuente header from a set piece, Los Azulones were no enjoying themselves, and Los Granotas continued to go full-speed ahead. Outside of some nice skill from Martin Satriano , there was little to lighten the trip in the traveling end. Carlos Espi gets Levante out of fail – eventually In the second half, there was little change to that rhythm, and 10 minutes into the second period, Espi was sent powering through on goal.

Going with his wrong foot, and with the ball bobbling, he floated his effort over the bar. If that felt gilt-edged, a penalty given for a Domingos Duarte challenge on Ivan Romero resulted in a penalty with 25 minutes to go. It was de la Fuente, the central defender, who stepped up, only to meekly nestle the ball into the arms of David Soria.