After Real Madrid’s victory on the lawn of Osasuna (3-1), the 33rd day of La Liga continued with two posters scheduled for 7 p.m. At the Ciudad de Valencia, Sevilla FC, fourth at kick-off, could regain their place as runners-up to the Merengues in the event of a victory. For this, the men of Julen Lopetegui had to get rid of Levante, relegated to 19th place. A meeting that the visitors also started ideally thanks to Corona, author of the opener even before the end of the first quarter of an hour (0-1, 14th). Despite Morales equalizing from the penalty spot (1-1, 22nd), the Blanquirrojos once again relied on Corona to regain the advantage (1-2, 27th). In front of the score, the Sevillistas thanked Morales who missed a new penalty at the dawn of the last quarter of an hour (71st) before finally completing their success thanks to Koundé (3-1, 82nd).
Despite the reduction of Soldado’s anecdotal score (3-2, 88th), Sevilla FC temporarily regains second place in La Liga pending the result of Barça. Levante remains 19th. In the other meeting of this evening, Espanyol, twelfth in the standings, received Rayo Vallecano, fifteenth and orphan of the slightest victory in their last 12 matches in all competitions. Held in check for a good part of the first period, Rayo finally took the advantage through Guardiola (0-1, 42nd). Despite an amount touched on both sides, the visitors kept this short advantage to sign a precious victory in the race for maintenance. Fourteenth, the Franjirrojos return to two lengths of Espanyol, twelfth.
