{"id":42958,"date":"2025-05-18T19:26:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T16:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fcilevadia.ee\/?p=42958"},"modified":"2025-05-18T19:29:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T16:29:40","slug":"levadia-dominated-but-couldnt-convert-defeat-in-the-tallinn-derby-and-loss-of-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fcilevadia.ee\/en\/levadia-dominated-but-couldnt-convert-defeat-in-the-tallinn-derby-and-loss-of-top-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Levadia dominated but couldn\u2019t convert: Defeat in the Tallinn derby and loss of top spot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>In the second Tallinn derby of the Premium Liiga season, FCI Levadia suffered a 0\u20131 loss to FC Flora \u2013 a result that didn\u2019t reflect the run of play, but came with a painful consequence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside the defeat came the loss of the league lead: before the match, Levadia sat in first place with 28 points, with Flora just two behind. With today\u2019s win, Flora rose to the top with 29 points, pushing Levadia down to second place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match began with a shock \u2013 in just the 4th minute, Rauno Sappinen put Flora ahead, capitalizing on an error by Levadia goalkeeper Oliver Ani. Although Levadia controlled the rest of the match \u2013 76% possession, 22 total shots (8 on target), and 9 corners \u2013 the final touch and accuracy were missing this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 19th minute, Levadia had a great chance to equalize when Enock Otoo won a penalty \u2013 Flora\u2019s goalkeeper Evert Gr\u00fcnvald was late to the challenge and brought Otoo down inside the box. Otoo aimed his penalty to the left (to Gr\u00fcnvald\u2019s right), but the keeper read it correctly and held the ball firmly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Levadia showed plenty of passion on the pitch \u2013 the referee handed out yellow cards to five of our players: Til Mavretic (41\u2019), head coach Curro Torres (45+3\u2019), Ernest Agyiri (55\u2019), Bubacarr Tambedou (83\u2019), and captain Rasmus Peetson (88\u2019). The coaching staff also responded actively with substitutions: Tambedou and Joao Pedro came on in the 65th minute, Mark Oliver Roosnupp in the 80th, and extra attacking power was added in the 86th with Robert Kirss. Flora also received three yellow cards during the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Levadia\u2019s dominance on the pitch, it ultimately came down to missed chances \u2013 while Flora capitalized on their only real opportunity. Despite the loss, there were many positives in terms of play \u2013 and the goal in upcoming rounds is clear: to reclaim the top spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We return to action on&nbsp;<strong>May 28<\/strong>&nbsp;against&nbsp;<strong>P\u00e4rnu JK Vaprus<\/strong>. The match will take place at&nbsp;<strong>A. Le Coq Arena<\/strong>, with kickoff at&nbsp;<strong>19:00<\/strong>. We look forward to seeing everyone at the stadium cheering on the team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Liisi Troska \/ jalgpall.ee<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the second Tallinn derby of the Premium Liiga season, FCI Levadia suffered a 0\u20131 loss to FC Flora \u2013&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":990010,"featured_media":42954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premium-league"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Levadia dominated but couldn\u2019t convert: Defeat in the Tallinn derby and loss of top spot | FCI Levadia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fcilevadia.ee\/en\/levadia-dominated-but-couldnt-convert-defeat-in-the-tallinn-derby-and-loss-of-top-spot\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Levadia dominated but couldn\u2019t convert: Defeat in the Tallinn derby and loss of top spot - 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