Espanyol's players and coaches underestimated Levante's determination to fight against the odds.
After conceding the ball, Levante was only briefly depressed, but immediately cheered up. When defending, they surrounded the Spaniards like a group of mad dogs, and after grabbing the ball, they rushed forward like mad dogs.
As the saying goes, you can beat a master to death with random punches.
Levante's set is not only random punches, but also fast punches.
The Spaniards are not even master craftsmen, at most they are nouveau riche.
Under Levante's crazy attack, the Spaniard was inexperienced and was temporarily forced into chaos in the defense by this desperate style of play.
Sergio on the sidelines also lacked the experience to deal with this situation. He just shouted anxiously on the sidelines, asking the players to resist, but didn't know what to do.
The Espanyol fans in the stands became nervous.
Being surrounded and beaten like this, if you are lucky, you can also win one.
Although the Spaniard is now 7 points ahead of fifth place, if they lose this game and Villarreal wins again, the gap will only be 4 points.
Levante is the deputy squad leader. If Levante can't win, wouldn't it be even harder to beat the strong teams behind them?
Levante fans saw hope, and they shouted and applauded to encourage their players.
Amid the cheers from the home fans, Levante players became even more excited and their offensive became more ferocious.
In the 20th minute of the game, Levante's desperate play finally paid off.
Defender Mejani made a cross from the wing and hit Asensio's arm.
Levante wins a free kick.
Forward Rossi took the free kick.
Under heavy pressure, Rossi kicked a world-wide kick. His free kick went over the wall and hit the upper right corner of the goal.
Espanyol goalkeeper Lopez did not react in time and the ball flew into the net against the post.
1:1
After the goal, Levante forward Rossi excitedly rushed through the billboard, raised his arms and shouted to the stands.
Sergio couldn't help but shake his head.
The Spanish players blocked such a fierce attack from the opponent, but unexpectedly failed to block the opponent's free kick.
The Spaniards are playing so smoothly this season and winning is easy. Even when they play against the top three players in the Western Premier League, they are always back-and-forth, so they don't pay attention to weaklings like Levante.
At this moment, Sergio realized how much energy these weak teams would burst out when facing relegation.
The Espanyol team also cannot accept the result of a draw or loss.
After being equalized, the Spaniard also put down the airs of a strong team and started a close fight with Levante in the midfield.
The Spaniard is still stronger than Levante, and he was also one of the best at breaking up fights and fighting physically.
The Spanish team gave it a try and quickly took the initiative on the court.
In the 35th minute of the game, Zhao Yang suddenly shot a cold arrow from 30 meters away. The shooting angle was not very tricky, but Levante goalkeeper Diego was caught by surprise. He hurriedly hit the ball with both fists, and the ball hit Kesse.
In front of many.
Caicedo stopped the ball with his chest and shot with the instep of his feet. The ball hit the dead center of the goal.
Although Caicedo's shot was not very powerful and the ball speed was not very fast, goalkeeper Diego had just saved Zhao Yang's shot and had just stood up. There was no time to block Caicedo's shot.
The ball flew into the goal against the goal post.
2:1
The Spaniard once again overtook the score.
Caicedo has scored very few goals recently, and his starting position is often taken away by Moreno. Although the head coach told him that this is a tactical need, Caicedo is very uncomfortable.
After scoring, Caicedo ignored his teammates who ran behind him to congratulate him, rushed to the sidelines, and roared vently into the stands.
Caicedo scored this goal, and the fans in the stands were relieved. They were afraid that Levante would score another goal and defeat the Spaniard.
Caicedo's goal shows that the Spanish players are still calm and can still control the situation on the field.
On-site commentator He Weidao said: "This attack is good! The Spaniards finally have the style of a strong team."
Fang Jiandao: "I was a little confused when I was pressed at the beginning, but I adjusted quickly. This season feels a bit like a completely different person."
He Weidao: "If you want to become a strong team, you still have to settle down for a season. If you can get a Champions League seat, you can experience it in the European arena."
Fang Jiandao: "Yes, instability is a common characteristic of weak teams, but now we should take down Levante first."
In normal times, it would not be too difficult for the Spaniards to defeat Levante, but now, facing a struggling Levante team, it is different.
When the game started again, Levante still did not give up and continued their previous high-intensity offensive and defensive rhythm.
By this time, the Spaniards also understood that this game would not be so easy, and they also worked hard to fight Levante in the midfield.
Both sides focused on the midfield battle. In the final stage of the first half, no one was able to score again.
During the intermission, neither side made any substitutions, and the original team continued to compete.
The people have not changed, but the Spanish tactics have changed.
Sergio moved both Moreno and Caicedo ten meters back to help his teammates control the midfield.
This adjustment by the Espanyol team worked very well. They used their numerical advantage to block Levante's counterattack and controlled the midfield.
The Spaniard does not like short passing penetration, and he does not have the ability to pass short passes. After controlling the midfield, as long as the Spaniard gets the ball, he will immediately pass it to Zhao Yang to defeat Levante's counterattack.
Espanyol is a tough team, and Asensio is the only one who is good at passing through balls.
After the start of the second half, the Spaniards launched several counterattacks.
However, either the ball was passed too far and goalkeeper Diego attacked; or the timing of the pass was not good and Zhao Yang was offside.
However, the Spaniards counterattacked continuously like this. With Zhao Yang's shooting ability, sooner or later he would lose the ball.
But Levante can no longer care so much. They cannot win this game and relegation is almost a foregone conclusion.
No matter how dangerous the goal is, it can't stop Levante's attack.
In the 70th minute of the game, Asensio made a pass through the middle. Zhao Yang finally succeeded in countering offside, got rid of the defender, got the ball, and entered the penalty area alone.
Goalkeeper Diego quickly attacked, trying to catch the ball at Zhao Yang's feet.
But when Zhao Yang dribbled the ball, his upper body swayed from side to side like a pendulum.
Seeing that goalkeeper Diego was confused, Zhao Yang swayed to the left, suddenly accelerated, flicked the ball, and broke through goalkeeper Diego's right side.
Goalkeeper Diego was deceived and knocked to the ground by Zhao Yang. He could only watch Zhao Yang fly past him.
"Pendulum pass!"
"Pendulum pass!"
"alien!"
The fans in the stands recognized this as the alien Ronaldo's stunt and couldn't help but exclaimed.
After passing the goalkeeper, Zhao Yang faced an empty goal. Zhao Yang pushed the ball lightly with the arch of his foot and shot the ball into the empty goal.
3:1
Zhao Yang scored twice, sealing the victory for the Spaniards.