Mallorca wins the island duel against Tenerife

He Majorca has added this Saturday his second consecutive win and climbs positions in the table by beating the Tenerife 2-0 at the Visit Mallorca Estadi in one of the island duels of the SmartBank League.

Martin Valjent in the first part and Dani Rodriguez penalty in the second, they certified the third defeat in a row for the Blue and Whites.

The vermilion team was superior until 2-0 (min. 54), but gave ground to their rival from that comfortable advantage and ended up locked in their air during several phases of the second half.

He Tenerife jumped onto the grass of the Mallorcan stadium with the losses of the playmaker Alex Bermejo, starter in the first three days, Javi alonso, both sanctioned, and by Borja Lasso, convalescing from an injury.

The team of Fran fernandez He had the obligation to seek a reaction in Palma after the two consecutive defeats against Alcorcón and Mirandés, and he sought it from the beginning, exerting constant pressure that made the local game difficult.

The Slovakian's header goal Martin Valjent (min. 19) after a precise strategy move in which they also intervened Brian Olivan, author of the center, and Salva Sevilla, calmed down the vermilion game and had more spaces in the visiting area.

The Balearic team, without the tips Stoichkov Y Mboula, with physical discomfort, and Budimur, in default one more day, he left with his usual block and the novelty of the Brazilian Murilo de Souza, one of his recent signings, on the right wing.

The Argentine defender also made his debut Braian Cufré, ex of Velez Sarsfield, which replaced Dani Rodriguez in the 87th minute.

Murilo starred in the controversial play of the first part (min. 35) when he fell into the area sandwiched by two defenders, one of them, Muñoz, who pushed him, according to the television images.

The referee did not appreciate a maximum foul and shortly after, the Tenerife could tie after a shot from Jacob to the crossbar. Also, the blue and white team was very close to equalizing the score (min. 33), but the Uruguayan Jorge Giovanni Zarfino could not connect with the ball when he was in an excellent position to score.

He Majorca scored his second goal (min. 54) through a penalty scored by Dani Rodriguez and he focused all his efforts on trying to manage the actions at the pace that suited him best. He did not achieve it against a Tenerife that went up with all its troops in search of the goal that would get him in the game.

Opportunities had, as the goal disallowed to Apeh for a clear offside, and two shots followed by Sipsic (min. 83) that Reina cleared as best she could.

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The Mallorcanistas are located with 7 points in the table and leave the chicharrero team in a very worrying situation after the third consecutive defeat.