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1043:"Javi Calleja es el nuevo entrenador del Levante UD"
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Franch, Víctor; Whelan, Padraig (10 December 2018).
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1140:"Quique Costas, el padre de todos"
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821:"Robben, otro mes de baja"
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621:Levante UD
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