Levante deals a heavy blow to Barcelona and presents a precious gift to Atletico and Real Madrid

Barcelona failed to reach the top of the Spanish Football League, albeit temporarily, after a tie against Levante (3-3) in the match that brought them together on Tuesday, in the 36th round of LaLiga.

Argentine star Lionel Messi put the Catalans ahead with a goal they scored in the 26th minute with a shot from inside the penalty area.

His colleague, young Spanish star Pedri, doubled the score for the Catalan team, by the 34th minute, from a follow-up ball to the gates of the goal.

Levante responded with two consecutive goals at the start of the second half, through each of the players, Gonzalo Millero and Jose Luis Morales, in the two minutes (57 and 59) on the trip.

French striker Othman Dembele put Barcelona ahead again, in the 64th minute, but Sergio Lyon responded with a draw for the landowners at the 84th minute of the match, which was held at the “Ciutat de Valencia” stadium.
The Barcelona team settled with a point orphan after this draw, raising its tally to 76 points, and failed to grab the throne at the top of the “La Liga” league, even if temporarily, as it advanced to second place in the ranking table, reducing only the difference to a point between it and Atletico Madrid. “Rochi Blancos” The leader, who will host Real Sociedad on Wednesday, is in the matches of this round as well.

While Real Madrid fell to third place with 75 points, before its match against Granada next Thursday, also in the 36th round of the League.

While the Levante team raised its score to 40 points, and advanced to the thirteenth place on the league table, waiting for the results of the rest of the matches of this round.

Source: RT