Levante Las Planas secured a comfortable 4-1 victory over Eibar in the third round of the Primera División Femenina regular season on Saturday evening. The visitors, already sitting fifth in the table, stretched their advantage at the top while Eibar dropped further down to eighth place. Five goals were scored in the second half alone, and the match quickly settled into a pattern that reflected the gulf in quality between the two sides.
Eibar pulled one back through I. Uribe in the forty-eighth minute, and for a moment it looked like the home side might stay in contention. But Levante responded almost immediately. L. Requena equalised six minutes later, and by then the momentum had clearly shifted. S. Guijarro added a third in the sixty-seventh, and N. Sanchez made it four before the hour mark with a clinical finish.
Substitutions came thick and fast as both managers tried to regain control. Levante brought on M. Uria Gabilondo and M. Llompart Pons together in the sixty-fourth minute, while Eibar responded with A. Zumarraga and C. Alvarez a few minutes later. P. Sanchez extended the lead to 4-1 in the seventy-eighth, and the game was effectively over.
The result leaves Levante with six points from three matches, still unbeaten apart from their opening defeat away to Athletic Club. Eibar sit on four points with one win, one draw and one loss — a familiar pattern for a side that has struggled for consistency. And here's the thing: five goals in ninety minutes doesn't always translate to a well-driven performance, but Levante showed composure when it mattered.
Eibar's recent form includes a clean sheet against Real Madrid and a narrow win over Espanyol, but this afternoon they couldn't contain Levante's attacking threat. The visitors had already lost 4-0 to Real Madrid earlier in the season and dropped points to Athletic, yet they bounced back with authority. To be fair, Eibar's defence worked hard, but they were stretched beyond breaking point in the second half.