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90 minutes have been enough to confirm what was already intuited. This Alavés is going to be a rocky team in defense, with Pacheco as an excellent last resort, and dynamic in attack. He has changed coach, from Abelardo to Asier Garitano, also to a handful of players, but in essence everything remains unchanged in Mendizorroza, where the line of play remains unchanged since he returned to Primera three seasons ago. What works, better not to touch it.

With the usual wicker, the season began well for the albiazul team, victorious in its premiere against Levante. It was enough for Alavés with a goal, scored by debutant Joselu at the beginning of the second half, to score the first three points of this season. The Levant, who did not play a bad game but who lacked a spark in attack, left Mendizorroza empty-handed and some pending subject.

The conservative attitude with which the Alavés started the meeting allowed Levante to take the initiative during the first minutes, in which he added two approaches with considerable danger. Asier Garitano reacted quickly, ordering his team to advance the pressure line, thus short-circuiting the game with the granota ball and balancing the game.

The mobility of Rioja and Aleix Vidal , two of their new acquisitions, boosted Alavés' sense of danger, which, however, did not quite harm his opponent. Beyond a distant shot of Duarte cleared by Aitor and a high shot of Rioja from the front, the Alavés did not offer much.

Of course, neither did Levante , whose lineup missed his two top scorers last season, Morales (13 goals) and Roger (14). The first part ended with an extraordinary occasion of the Paco López team. Pacheco took out a saving hand before Bardhi , while Sergio Leon lamented over the selfishness of his partner, who chose to kick instead of passing the ball so that he simply pushed it towards the net.

I was going to regret very much the Levant that action, since eight minutes after starting the second part, the Alavés advanced on the scoreboard. Aleix Vidal threw the corner and Joselu headed it in the first post. In the first instance it seemed that Aitor had saved the shot and that Maripán's goal was in the rebound, but the repetition made it clear that the Levante goalkeeper had taken the ball inside the goal.

From then on, Alavés simply defended his income , while Paco López put dynamite into the field to solve the mess. Morales, Rochina and Roger entered and Levante improved, especially because Campaign delayed his position and placed himself ahead of the defense. However, it was not enough to achieve the draw. Vezo was close in a corner, but he found Pacheco's paradón, a classic from every day of the League, another more than one Alavés that has changed so that nothing changes.

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