Last update 26 June, 2013 by Alberto Llopis
Levante and Rubin Kazan tied 0 in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16. It was a tense meeting, exciting and disputed, where the locals dominated during 80 minutes, but where in the last moments they could end up losing.
He started by squeezing JIM's set, that in the minute 4 had the first opportunity on a corner kick that Ballesteros hit the post. A preview of what was going to be a first half dominated from start to finish by the granotas against a team that remained in the rearguard as they did with Atlético de Madrid.
The same pattern was going to continue in the resumption. An upset Levante that was going to be favored by an unfair expulsion of Ansaldi after a disputed irony with Ballesteros seemed to have everything under control. However, a terrifying entrance from Michel - he arrived very late- He put numerical equality back on the grass and completely changed the design of the match.
Because although Levante continued to have control of the ball and the opportunities, allowed the Russian team to arrive on the counterattack, who had two very clear chances that hit the crossbar and left the score in a 0-0 that leaves everything for the return, although that is, with a slight advantage for JIM's team as seen on the Ciutat de Valencia field.