The captains of the Levante, Vicente Iberra and José Luis Moralesthey are one step away from conquering their second ascent to First Division as Levantinists and completing the mission for which they both returned last summer to which they defined as the club of their life.
At 37, The two veteran soccer players could ascend To the first if the Levante wins the Burgos on Sunday in the plant and the Mirandés or Elche CD do not win in their respective matches. Morales points to the head by accumulation of yellow.
The two soccer players already know what it is to ascend to first dresses of Barca. Iborra succeeded in 2010with just 22 years. The Valencian midfielder then left for Sevilla, with whom he conquered three titles from the European League, Leicester and Villarreal, with which he obtained another European title, until he returned for the first time to Levante in 2022.
That attempt to return to his soul team to the First Division did not go well, when he fell defeated in the final by the ascent against Deportivo Alavés in the extension.
But IBORRAafter a year at Olympiacos, he insisted on trying again and now he caresses his dream of retiring with the Levante in the First Division, because he has one more year of the contract in case of ascending.
Also Morales insistion in volver in the city of Valencia Last summer. His return was much more controversial, since the Madrid left the Levante after the descent suffered in 2022 and the Levantinist fans now begins to 'forgive' the attacker, whose performance is backed by the ten goals he has already scored in the League.
Morales He is the only Levantinist who was in the staff of the 2016-17 season that starred in the last promotion to First Division.
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The Madrid attacker is, with 352 games, the player with the most participation in professional football in the history of Levante and has 80 goals and 46 assists. In addition, the striker also went up to First when he played on loan in Eibar in the 2013-14 academic year.
There are two other players in the Levante squad who already know what it is to climb to First, but with another shirt. The centerL Ignasi Miquel He did it with Granada in 2023 and the end Óscar Clementeassigned since January at FC Cartagena, also uploaded that year with the UD Las Palmas.
They were precisely the two teams that surpassed the Levante in the regular league and that forced the Valencian team to play the promotion promotion that he lost in the final against Deportivo Alavés.