The Mallorca took a giant step towards permanence this Monday by defeating 3-2 Athletic Club in Son Moix with so many of Save Sevillepenalty, Angel Rodriguez and an own goal from Unai Simon in 88′ after a shot to the post Take Kubo.
Both wanted to win to get closer to their respective goals: those at home, permanence; outsiders play in Europe the next season. And as soon as the ball was put into play, it was seen how both of them had come out with their work overalls on. It was a frenetic game that fell from the local side due to struggle and insistence. The Athletic, who went into the break 2-0 down, suffered from his losses in defense, but looked for a comeback that never came. A lucky goal Kubo in the final stretch, he scored the shock. big game
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Luis Garcia Plaza He repeated the eleven that defeated Cádiz last week, while the visiting coach, Marcelino García, between absences due to injury and the suspension of Iñigo Martínez, put together his team with a mixture of players that he uses in the League and Cup.
The first quarter of an hour was from Athletic Club. A release of Oier Zarraga It went high and a rude mistake by the local goalkeeper Sergio Rico, who handed the ball to Sancet, was not taken advantage of by Raul Garcia, which finished off with a heel. It could have been 0-1, but from a possible visitor advantage, it went to 1-0.
Mallorcan counterattack, and Nunez committed a penalty on Maffeo, when the local defender entered the area. Save Seville converted the maximum penalty, through the center of Unai Simón’s goal.
Mallorca-Athletic Club, in pictures
Barely eight minutes had passed since the first blow, when the Royal Majorca repeated luck and success: high ball in the Basque area, touch of the head of the corpulent Muriqi Y Angel Rodriguez, alone at the edge of the small area, beat Simón with a cross kick (2-0). The absences of Inigo Martinez and of Yeray in the center of the Basque rear they were too noticeable.
The first half hour had not yet been completed and the Athletic I had to row against the current. The first half ended in full struggle of the rivals in the wide zone and with the coaches pondering what to do to maintain the advantage, Garcia Plazaor reverse the situation, García Toral.
After the break, Athletic Club changed face and in two minutes (58 and 60), tied the game. García Toral had given entrance to Berenguer already Yuri Berchiche by Dani García and Unai Núñez, and the team took the lead with an unusual success. First it was Raúl García, after a pass from Yuri Berchiche, and then Álex Berenguer, coming out of a corner, who leveled the balance against the local stupor (2.2).
The final stretch was loaded with alternatives. The Athletic believed in a comeback that did not come and the Mallorca He persevered until the end in pursuit of a victory that he obtained thanks to a shot from Kubo which, after hitting the post, hit the face of Unai Simonentering the ball in the visiting frame.