The staff and technical table of Real Mallorca lived and celebrated his return to the First Division in the lounges of the hotel Silken Atlantis (very close to Santa Cruz of Tenerife), with the footballers, coaches and assistants all glued to the television, watching the game Cartagena-Almeria (3-2).
The ‘Efesé’ goals were celebrated as their own, of course. And it is that a tie or a defeat of the Almeria gave promotion to the Mallorcan team that trains Luis Garcia Plaza, who celebrated the change of category with great effusiveness.
The Balearic team will play this Wednesday against him Tenerife and for this he traveled to the Canary Islands on Tuesday, but was very aware of the game Cartagena-Almeria that in the end supposed the mathematical ascent for the islanders.
It is expected that, once the promotion is achieved, Garcia Plaza take out in the Heliodoro Rodríguez López a line-up made up of unusual players and give rest to men like Save Seville, Manolo Reina or Antonio Raíllo, among others.
Las Tortugas, closed in Palma
For its part, the Palma Local Police fenced off the entrances to Plaza Juan Carlos I (usually called Plaza de Las Tortugas), preventing the passage of vehicles and pedestrians through Jaime III, Unión and Paseo del Borne streets. It is tradition that fans of the Real Mallorca celebrate the team's promotions in this area but due to the coronavirus pandemic, the mayor, José Hila, decided to avoid crowds.
“The virus is still active, thank you for your collaboration,” said the Palma Police in a statement released this Tuesday.
During the afternoon, a large number of Mallorcan fans gathered at the stadium of They are Moix, in Palma, and saw the Cartagena-Almería match on the screen of the open-air restaurant ‘MallorCafé’, celebrating the goals of Cartagena (Rubén Castro (2) and Pablo De Blasis -penalti-), which represented the vermilion ascent.
Except for last minute changes, Luis Garcia Plaza will continue as coach of Real Majorca next season, as he has a current contract and has met the promotion objective, for which he was hired last summer.