3-0, Elche almost tied the permanence at the cost of a weak Mallorca

Elche put this Saturday the tie to permanence thanks to the comfortable victory over a Mallorca that continues fooling around with the descent, ending the ‘Aguirre effect’ He had given her some oxygen.

The best local punch decided the match in favor of a superior Elche against a Mallorca that limited itself to defending itself and paid dearly for it. Mojica advanced to the locals at the edge of the break and bigas on track the win at 58′, signing the Morente judgment ten from the end.

With the victory, Elche already has salvation virtually sealed with 35 points in their pocket, while Mallorca will continue for another week at the gates of the relegation zone, fourth from bottom and pending what Cádiz does on Monday at Camp Nou.

The game started very evenly, although Elche soon became the owner of the ball and began to command. While Mallorca, mediated by its delicate situation in the classification, took cover behind and played to see them come.

Elche bit and in the 10th minute they could already sing a goal. Fidel went to the race and enabled Guti but this one did not impact with success, marrando a clear occasion. At the edge of the break, one in each area. in the 29′ Jaume Costa had it but it did not arrive and to add insult to injury for Aguirre’s men, he was broken on the play and was later substituted.

Elche, more compact and playing with more criteria against an entrenched Mallorca, was looking for the goal and Fidel caressed him at 31′ but he only missed the goal, wasting a gift from Josan. Sergio Rico had a job but he saved it.

It looked like the boards would no longer move before the break, but Mojica was in charge of taking the cat to the water for the locals. In the 42nd minute, the winger culminated a great team play by the entire attack with a brutal whiplash that slipped in close to the post, making it 1-0 on the scoreboard, a fair result.

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after the break Javier Aguirre moved the bench looking for the reaction, but soon received a slap. in 58′ Fidel put a dangerous free kick in luxury and Bigas se got a good header, 2-0, taking advantage of a poor start by Sergio Rico. Mallorca did not improve although Muriqi had a chance in minute 68 to have put some pepper in the duel. And Elche without getting the fifth, made the third and sentenced the duel with a lucky goal. Tete Morente it slipped in like a ‘bullet’ but Sergio Rico fails to clear well and the ball bounced off Kang-Inentering the vermilion goal, final blow.

In the final stretch, Mallorca turned everything upside down looking for the goal of honor that prevented Edgar Badía with two stellar stops against Take Kubo (87 ‘) and Muriqi (94’)