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Levante v Barcelona, La Liga 2020/21, matchday 36, 11/5/2021 - Official line-ups. BESOCCER
Levante v Barcelona, La Liga 2020/21, matchday 36, 11/5/2021 - Official line-ups. BESOCCER
Join us for live coverage of the La Liga clash between Levante and Barcelona from the Ciutat de Valencia stadium. Barca will go top with a victory while Levante will secure safety with a point.
Goal

List of goalscorers

0 - 1
25'
L. Messi
0 - 2
34'
Pedri
G. Melero
57'
1 - 2
Morales
60'
2 - 2
2 - 3
64'
O. Dembélé
Sergio León
83'
3 - 3
Press

Match report in news

  • Finished
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  • Finished
    FT: Levante 3-3 Barcelona!! All over in Valencia and it's a deserved point for Levante! Messi and Pedri put Barca 0-2 up, but Levante fought back in the second period and scored through Morales and Melero. Dembele had put Barca back ahead, but Sergio Leon got a late leveller. Levante are now safe and Barca are in big trouble.
End of match

End of match

  • 95'
    The corner finds Coke, the shot is blocked and the referee blows for full-time!
  • 94'
    The corner comes to nothing and Levante are keeping the ball in Barca's half. In fact they get themselves a corner at the death. Can they win it?
  • 93'
    The ball is launched into the area and Fernandez knocks out for a corner.
Card

Yellow card

a Barcelona
  • 91'
    Yellow card for Lenglet after punching the ball away.
Substitution

Substitution

at Levante
  • 90'
    Levante sub: Morales is replaced by Giorgi.
Substitution

Substitution

at Barcelona
  • 85'
    Barca sub: Puig on for Sergi Roberto. Roberto had only come on at HT.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Levante en el 83'
  • 83'
    Sergio Leon makes it 3-3!!! What a game!! Levante go forward, Dest slips and that allows Tono to pass to Dest and he hits past Ter Stegen at the near post.
Substitution

Substitution

at Barcelona
  • 81'
    Barca double sub: Dembele and Griezmann are off, Dest and Braithwaite come on.
  • 79'
    Morales sees yellow for a clear foul on Dembele from behind.
Card

Yellow card

a Levante
  • 78'
    De Jong is carded for a foul on Malsa and he will miss the game against Celta Vigo.
Substitution

Substitution

at Levante
  • 75'
    Levante double sub: Sergio Leon on, Roger off and Coke replaces Miramon.
Substitution

Substitution

at Barcelona
  • 74'
    Barca sub: Pedri is replaced by Mingueza.
  • 73'
    De Frutos has a shot from distance which doesn't find the target.
  • 71'
    Levante are going forward looking for a leveller and the ball in is caught by Ter Stegen.
Card

Yellow card

a Levante
  • 67'
    Yellow card to De Frutos for protesting. The first of the game.
  • 65'
    Miramon is getting treatment here. Difficult to say whether it was a foul. Would probably say not enough. The goal stands.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Barcelona en el 64'
  • 64'
    Dembele makes it 2-3!! Barca back ahead! Levante are protesting a foul by Griezmann on Miramon and the Levante man passes to Dembele who fires home!
Substitution

Substitution

at Levante
  • 61'
    Levante sub: Malsa on for Duarte.
  • 59'
    Morales makes it 2-2!!! Can you believe it??? Barca lose the ball stupidly as Messi passes the ball straight to Morales he plays a a one-two with Roger and then hits home!!
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Levante en el 57'
  • 57'
    Melero pulls one back!! Miramon's cross from the far side is headed by Melero into the net. Pique seemed to be knocked off the ball slightly by Morales, but the VAR feels it wasn't enough for a foul. Game on!
  • 55'
    De Jong nearly makes it three! A centre from the far side is touched by the keeper and De Jong chips onto the top of the net.
  • 53'
    Melero!!! Miramon's ball into the box is headed over by Melero! The hosts are going for it as they have nothing to lose.
  • 51'
    Roger has a header, but it's straight at Ter Stegen.
  • 49'
    De Frutos charges forward, but his cross beats Roger.
  • 47'
    Messi!! Dembele gives him the ball and the Argentine fires wide of the post!
  • 47'
    Barca get themselves an early corner here.
  • 46'
    Back underway here in Valencia!
  • 45'
    Barca HT sub: Sergi Roberto on for Araujo.
  • 45'
    HT: Levante 0-2 Barcelona!! Half-time at the Ciutat de Valencia and Barca deservedly lead. Pedri had two glorious chances in the first five minutes and then, after a lull, Messi put Barca in front after 25 minutes. Pedri added a second nine minutes later and Dembele and Busquets have had opportunities to get a third. Levante are in trouble here and done little going forward apart from some corners. Back shortly!
  • 45'
    Busquets!! Messi's cross into the box finds Busquets and it goes wide of the goal!
  • 45'
    Barca counter after Levante lose the ball, Griezmann plays in Dembele who runs into the box and gets the corner off Duarte.
  • 42'
    Barca are still in control of this one as we head towards half-time.
  • 39'
    Barca get themselves a corner now. Plenty of corners in the first half.
  • 37'
    Corner for the home side again.
  • 36'
    Levante win a corner. They could score a goal, but they'll concede more. And now another corner for the home side.
  • 35'
    Levante can't cope with Barca when they go forward and it's already an uphill task for Paco Lopez's men.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Barcelona en el 34'
  • 34'
    Pedri scores for the Catalans! Messi picks out Dembele in the box, he passes back to Pedri in the middle who has a simple tap in and he makes no mistake.
  • 32'
    Messi's shot hits both a Levante man and a teammate and then Levante clear for a corner.
  • 30'
    Bardhi has a pop and Ter Stegen saves, but the flag is up!
  • 29'
    Shots: 2-7.
  • 29'
    Messi! The Argentine gets the ball just outside the area and drags his shot just wide.
  • 28'
    Alba!! Messi plays a lovely looping pass from 30 yards, but Alba's volley is wayward!
  • 26'
    Barca have got the all important first goal here. Let's see how Levante respond.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Barcelona en el 25'
  • 25'
    Messi puts Barca ahead!! Pedri passes to Alba on this near side and the cross is volleyed home by Messi at the back post! Quality goal!
  • 24'
    De Frutos makes a run forward, but he is stopped in his tracks.
  • 23'
    Morales hits it and it's blocked.
  • 22'
    Lenglet hits it and the ball goes straight into the hands of Aitor Fernandez.
  • 21'
    Dembele slips after heading a long pass and that sets up Tono, but the cut back is intercepted by Pique.
  • 20'
    Levante are coming more into the game now. It's much more even.
  • 17'
    Araujo is in trouble here. He's limping as he's picked up an injury to his leg.
  • 17'
    The corner is half cleared and Morales blazes well over.
  • 16'
    Levante win a corner as De Frutos' cross from this near side deflects off Lenglet.
  • 13'
    Little to report in the last few minutes here, but Barca still better.
  • 10'
    The hosts have weathered the Barca storm and it's calmed down now.
  • 8'
    Levante are trying to get into the game as Barca have come out attacking from the off.
  • 6'
    Messi's free-kick strikes the wall.
  • 6'
    Barca aren't messing around here.
  • 5'
    What a save by Fernandez to deny Pedri!!! A long pass finds De Jong in the box, he lays off to Pedri, he shot is saved and then Messi is brought deny by Melero just outside the box.
  • 3'
    Free-kick to Barca after a foul by Tono.
  • 2'
    Pedri!!! Lovely play by De Jong on the far side, he cuts back for Pedri in the middle who fires over!
  • 1'
    Barca get us going in the pink from right to left while Levante are in their usual colours!
Start of match

Start of match

  • PRVW
    The players are out here!
  • PRVW
    Levante drew 2-2 at Alaves on Saturday lunchtime. They made many changes for that one, so they are playing their proper team tonight. Cardenas in goal, Clerc, Postigo, Malsa, Gomez and Melero drop out. Fernandez in goal, Vezo, Duarte, Tono, Bardhi and Roger come in.
  • PRVW
    Mingueza and Dest are the two players who drop out from Barca's 0-0 draw with Atletico Madrid. Araujo and Dembele start. Busquets is also in the XI despite going off injured against Atletico.
  • PRVW
    14th v 3rd. 39pts v 75pts. Barca are two points behind leaders Atletico and behind RM on head to head. Barca are the first of the top three to play.
  • PRVW
    22 degrees and sunny in Valencia for this one.
  • PRVW
    Jose Luis Munuera Montero is the referee for this one while Cesar Soto Grado is the VAR.
  • PRVW
    Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen (GK); Lenglet, Pique, Araujo; Alba, F de Jong, Pedri, Busquets, Dembele; Griezmann and Messi.
  • PRVW
    Levante XI: Fernandez (GK); Miramon, Rober Pier, Vezo, Duarte, Tono; Bardhi, Melero; Morales, Roger and De Frutos.
Info

Pre-match

11 May 2021, 22:00

Referee: Munuera Montero | VAR: Soto Grado

Stadium: Ciutat de València

  • PRVW
    Hello and welcome to live coverage of the La Liga match between Levante and Barcelona!