Viento de Levante

The east wind blows happy and appropriate in the City of Valencia. Hence the name of the club when the power went to the beach where once was located the area where fighting for their parties. The breeze is favorable and is moving toward the opposing goal where the Lift score goals and score points. The air carries a sheet with stats: eight days without losing the third best team in the second round with eight wins and three draws, with only two losses: 27 points out of 42 that collects your mailbox. Salvation is not a fact, not be touched but in sight. Six days to go, nine points above the relegation zone and four to the Europa League: first, a Utopia, then a remote possibility now an option. The least is to be achieved or not, this dream is already a success.

Six million is the number of its budget, the lowest in the first division. With it, or despite it, are in ninth place in the table. It has a template set in which they had not invested in a money transfer is not there. A mixture of players who were already seasoned veterans second contract that no longer had for their teams or players who were not in the future plans of their coaches. Veterans, young and inexperienced and paragraphs. In short, players that few others wanted.

On the bench, a technician in the battles novel first: Luis García Plaza, modest former footballer and a short coaching career that includes only teams like Valencia Villajoyosa, Villarreal B, Elche and Benidorm. In three years in the Levant, a promotion and a more than creditable first season, a category that has failed to narrow the intentions of a team that likes to wink to the ball and showing self-assurance and self-confidence when it's playing football.

Munúa after leaving Malaga Deportivo and unnoticed, avoid goals. Ballesteros veterans, Nano, Javi Venta, Juanfran or Del Horno Munúa try to avoid having a lot of work. Ballesteros is the very image of football in the Levant, at 35 years and when no one would bet on it, has become a safe in the rear granota. Acuna midfield with more youth players who seemed to have no place in the top flight as Pallardó, Valencia quarry, Xavi Torres, a product of La Masia found no place at home or in Manchester, Iborra, pleasant surprise own quarry and Sergio, a former Deportivo that spurs his last years in the elite.

Ahead, more of the same: Juanlu, who had his moment of glory in first with Numancia for seven seasons and appeared lost for the cause, is a fixture at left back and one of its most decisive players. On the other side, an old acquaintance as Valdo, who has been a constant in the irregularity in its path. Rubén Suárez including the figure of the rise and youth world champion with Spain has not disappointed in his debut late in the first division . Xisco accompany them, another old acquaintance after passing through Valencia and Betis, or Jefferson Montero, on loan from Villarreal in the market last winter and is offering good feelings in the City of Valencia, as well as Xisco Nadal, important in the promotion.

Up front is Caicedo, with its goals and has achieved many points already included as one of the best signings of the first round. The Ecuadorian, who has drawn the attention of several clubs in substance, has suffered some injuries, but a symptom of the good work of this group is that their absence was hardly noticed. Stuani, second-leading scorer last year with Albacete and Rafa Jorda have supplied effectively and the team has managed to score without reference.

The fans, supported from the policy with pleasing initiatives to strengthen the bond between fans and club, is with the team. To the memory of the victory at Villarreal, which marked a before and after the happening of the season, the tie at home against Real Madrid at the beginning of the season or the war which resulted in the Camp Nou. The Levant has scrapped the roles of carnival and newly promoted team who frequents the relegation to adquiir brilliance and luster in his return to the top flight.

Photo | Basilievich