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 | Valencia triumphed in the derby with Levante, the referee vitiated the match12-02-2018 |
Valencia won the 3:1 city derby with Levante and stopped his three consecutive losses in the Primera Division. The bats came to victory with Santiago Mina in the 17th, Luciano Viento in the 65th and Daniel Pareho in the 89th minute of the penalty. For the guests of Mestya, Sergio Postigo scored in the 18th minute. The meeting, however, was vitiated by the poor referee Judge David Medie Jimenez, who first abolished Levante`s clean goal and then handed a rather controversial penalty to Valencia.
Valencia had the first chance in the game, and in the 11th minute after a corner kick, Santi Mina fired his head over the door. Then in the 17th minute the hosts repeated the exercise and this time Mina managed to write for 1:0. The joy of the Bats was too short, as Levante equalized in the attack. Campania centered to the left and Sergio Postigo of volle scored a beautiful goal for 1:1. 43 minutes into the game, the home side was awarded a penalty and Vinti`s Santi`s Mina lost his lead.
In the 64th minute came the most disputed position in the match. Levante scored a goal through Coke, who was canceled for a defeat in the attack. Repetitions, however, have shown that there is no one, and Gabriel Paulischas pushes his team-mate Jose Gaia into the penalty area. The worse for the guests was that they only got a goal in their doors a minute later. Valencia is organizing an attack that has stirred up in the poll, Santi Mina tries to score with a sword, his shot does not get, but there is Luciano Vieta running, who scored in the empty door. By the end, the bats continued to be the more active team. In the 70th minute, Joffrey Kondogbia scored a powerful shot, saved by the goal keeper. In the 80th minute, Sants Mina for the second time struck the beam after a close strike. In the 88th minute Valencia received a penalty in its favor. Simone Dzindza received a pass in the penalty area and encountered a defender, the referee pointing to the white point. And this decision was quite controversial, as it appeared that the guest`s defender first came to the ball. However, Danny Pareho executed the penaltyless penalty and was accurate to 3:1.
In the added time, Valencia organized a good counterattack, then Dzazza from a good position fired over the door. After this success Valencia returned 3th place in the chart with a total of 43 points. Levante is ranked 17th with only 20 points.
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