HE i grew up LaLiga dealt the first blow this Saturday in the first leg of the draw for promotion to Santander by coming back against Santander. albacete and drop the same punishment right after Carlos Belmonte won 1-3 at the stadium.

The favoritism of the granota team, which is third in LaLiga SmartBank and has a much higher budget than Albacete, has been discussed before. illusion of newly promoted also has the second lowest salary cap in the category.

“David vs. Goliath”, as they say, faced off in a duel that started with a full-fledged local team, and after two minutes of play, they had a great opportunity. Guard Álvaro Rodríguez’s offensive attack ended with a hard shot from visiting goalkeeper Joan Femenías with a cat move.

Albacete was better and dominated more, resulting in three corner kicks in 17 minutes. It was the last game scored by Fuster, where Djetei finished with a head on the penalty spot and beat Levantine goalkeeper.

However, Levante’s first arrival is a succession of failures. First, when Álvaro Rodríguez cleared a cross from Álex Muñoz, and then by Altube, he let De Frutos pass the ball to score, albeit nervously, after half an hour of play.

Three minutes later, in an attack in the Bouldini area, the Granota team reversed the score by scoring an own goal against the Cameroonian defender after a cross touched by Djetei.

Maikel was very close to leveling the score at Mesa 45. after an invented volleyball that narrowly missed the opponent’s goal.

Time in the locker room touched a white team and left a confident blaugrana blob, most of which benefited from the greater experience of their players with First Division experience.

Despite this, Rubén Albés’ group tried to raise their morale and keep coming, but ten minutes after the restart, De Frutos took a rebound from Djetei and landed a left-footed hit on the far post and was soon hit by. Altube, however, was Valencia third goal.

The changes gave Albacete some air. As a result of this challenge, opportunity arose for Álvaro Rodríguez. A front-biting shot was barely blocked by Joan Femenías.

A few more times by the pontoon, Javi Calleja’s team got a lump in their throat, but they eventually won the prize and left the draw virtually doomed.