Levante players celebrate a goal against Real Madrid at THAT place (©Reuters)
Levante players celebrate a goal against Real Madrid at THAT place (©Reuters)

'White Lady' defending Levante: a true ghost or a wierd Spanish humor?

Reading Time: 2min | Thu. 18.02.21. | 13:39

An awkward story surrounds the club from Valencia and their woodwork near the south stand. After Atletico Madrid's Correa missed a sitter a couple of days ago, some old spirits are awakened

The goal of Levante in front of which Atletico Madrid's Angel Correa recently made one of the most notorious misses of the entire La Liga hides a jaw-dropping story of itself. The Argentine was only three meters from the goal, with keeper Aitor practically beaten. All that Correa had to do was to place the ball in the back of the net. But he launched it into the clouds. Incomprehensible. But it is not the first time it happened at Levante's Ciutat de Valencia stadium and near the particular woodwork close to the south stand.

It was Duda, the Portuguese from Málaga, who in 2005, after an unthinkable action within the small area, assured that a kind of ghost had crossed his path, and that is why he decided not to shoot?! The Portuguese dribbled the Levante goalkeeper, and just over two meters away from the goal line, he gave a pass back without wanting to score.

"Someone crossed me, I do not know what it was, but it is what I saw at that time," said the forward days after that May 1, 2005.

This statement was so blatant that it raised all sorts of comments. Shortly after, something awkward was subsequently revealed. Two years prior, in 2003, four of Levante's fans died in a car accident while travelling to see their team. Their ashes were scattered around the goal area of ​​that goal; without a doubt, it is a story that has permeated the fans and some managers of Levante who call the supposed ghost the 'White lady'. With Correa's blunder, the spirits are awakened once again. Or at least the imagination of people of Levante.



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