He Majorca visit this Friday at Atlético de Madrid in the Metropolitan Wanda with the rope around his neck. The victory achieved on Tuesday against the Celta Vigo (5-1) has boosted the spirit of the Balearic team in its attempt to achieve permanence.
The favoritism is total for the rojiblanco box, which is not used to leaving many points in his stadium. But Mallorca comes with hope. And knowing what it is to play, and win, in the Metropolitan.
It was in August 2018, in one of the first meetings of last season. And the rival, of course, was not the Athletic, because Mallorca was in the Second division. 0-1 won the rojillos to Ray Majadahonda, who during the first round of the course was playing in the Metropolitano for the works that were being carried out in Cerro del Espino, where he regularly plays his games and where the team of Diego Simeone.
A goal of Carlos Castro, who is no longer on the vermilion campus, in the 13th minute of the game, gave Mallorca three points. It was the first match that Rayo Majadahonda played in the Metropolitano, the first in the second category of Spanish football that hosted the new mattress fief in its entire history.
Many of the Majorcan footballers who achieved the victory almost two years ago will repeat now. Reina, Fran Gámez, Xisco, Salva Sevilla, Lago Junior… And on the bench, in command of everything, was Vicente Moreno, who will now try to repeat the victory to continue clinging to the First division.