The

Levante

can look at the

Valencia

over his shoulder, at the height of the five -

point advantage leads in the standings, with the duties of permanence facts and the sweet aftertaste again be a derby five seasons later.

That lonely Rossi's goal had a worthy heir to Roger's, premature but enough to reflect on the scoreboard the superiority seen on the field.

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Valencia emulated in the Ciutat de València the uncorking of a bottle of cava: explosive at the beginning but with its strength diluted as the minutes passed.

He got close enough to Aitor, two flashes of Kang In in the first ten minutes, and then he set about shaking.

It was a team with so many doubts that even Levante read it rubbing their hands.

He submitted it.

The casualties of players such as Gayà, Soler, Racic and Maxi, four essential starters, encouraged Javi Gracia to try a system change, a bet that puzzled his players and became suicidal.

Paulista, Guillamón and

Diakhaby

were unable to adapt to a system that forced them to multiply their attention, a specialty in which none of them stands out.

And neither Correia nor Lato were helpful.

Levante saw the wound and poked around.

Forgotten the debacle in Anoeta, the option of winning a derby five seasons later made them fly.

Paco López's team launched into a torrent to exploit the corridors that the Valencian misadjustments opened for them.

If there is a weapon that granotas know how to exploit, it is speed into space.

In just seven minutes, Roger enabled Rochina up front to unleash a whiplash that put Cillessen to the test.

Then it was De Frutos who won the back of Diakhaby to crash the ball into the vine of the post.

Commander Morales also tried, but who took the goal was

Roger

.

Diakhaby erred again in an exit of the ball, handing it over to a plethora of

Rochina

that enabled the Pistolero to beat the Dutch goalkeeper with a cross shot.

11 goals for the striker who is on the heels of the top national scorer: Gerard Moreno (15).

In 17 minutes, Valencia had shown all the shame of the nervous and insecure system, but Javi Gracia did not change it.

He let the game slow down to see if his men settled into a game in which the midfielders were onlookers.

Wass

,

Oliva

or Kang In

barely touched the ball

, on the verge of despair.

The harassment stopped because, although dominating, the electricity of the Levant stopped.

The passage through the dressing room did not change the roles.

More errors from Diakhaby, who first could take advantage of Rochina and then Roger on the clearest occasion of the granotas.

Gracia had no choice but to look for a trigger and that is

Manu Vallejo

.

The mobility of the Cadiz awakened Valencia, which breathed when Roger and Morales left the field.

Two threats disappeared just when they had decided to seek a tie by renouncing, 75 minutes later, a system that puzzled them.

Gracia made up her mind to bring Cutrone, Jason and Musah in, seeking a resurgence for which there was no time.

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