Pulled a levante

[Merna]

Pulling a Levante is by definition placing all your egss in one basket and gambling everything on a [sure bet], only for it not to turn out in a positive fashion. Made popular by a recent Spanish football match between [Real Madrid] and Levante in which [Levante] were expected to lose heavily but acheived a creditable draw. Many individuals had placed high value bets on a Madrid win and lost it all.