[Sport]Atlético de Madrid yield points against Levante

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Atlético de Madrid saw their momentum slowed with a draw at the Ciutat de Valencia, where Levante knew how to hold down the players of the Madrid team, which was not able to reflect on the scoreboard the phases of superiority they had in the match.

It was a clearly decided clash before the break in favor of the colchoneros, who gave way to a somewhat more leveled second half between two teams that bet on very defined approaches, between the against the locals and the intensity of Atleti.

The first half was marked by an absolute territorial dominance of the visiting team against a retracted Levante, which set its expectations on surprising, using the counterattack. During the first half hour, the soccer of the “Cholo” Simeone team gave him to recover balls, thanks to his suffocating pressure and to play very close to Aitor Fernández's goal, but it was not accompanied by dangerous approaches.

With the match completely controlled by Atlético de Madrid, a quick counter action by De Frutos ended with a shot from Bardhi, who rewarded Levante in the first goal option they had enjoyed.

The Madrilenians were hardly affected by the goal. They maintained the same dynamic, which left the locals without the ability to go against it, to the point that a shot from Roger, from outside the area, was the second and last local occasion before the break.

In one of the Madrid team's arrivals, a distant shot by Llorente brushed against Rober Pier and left the Levantine goalkeeper with no option to stop the ball. The goal encouraged the outsider team, who from that moment until the intermission was able to generate more danger than before the score, with several shots that compromised the local goalkeeper.

At halftime, coach Paco López raised Rober Pier to the midfield and brought Duarte in with the exit of Radoja. Meanwhile, Diego Simeone took Vrsaljko off the field to put Llorente on the right and put Kondogbia on the center line.

In the second minute after the restart, Correa missed the clearest chance of the match up to that point to put his team ahead on the scoreboard. But, the main difference with the first half was that Levante had the ability to leave their field that they had not had in the first half, which balanced the match.

The game entered a phase of alternatives, although with more offensive actions by Atlético de Madrid, which penetrated well on the wings and forced the local defense to forcefully cut several dangerous centers.

Clerc for Levante and Llorente for Atlético had goal options in long shots, a reflection of the dynamics of a match in which details began to be increasingly important in the middle of the second period.

From there, chances were generated for both, but the parity was maintained, which makes Levante settle in the middle of the table. For their part, Atlético increases their lead lead to six points with a pending match.