In the postponed match, what cannot be postponed is victory. “It will be wonderful to travel to Mallorca”, said the song and the realists hummed it yesterday on the plane, but changing the ending to “…go back to Europe again”. That is the obsession after being gored off six days ago by Leipzig in the Europa League and to continue feeding it, it is necessary to add three to duels like today, against teams that are playing for permanence. La Real arrives on the island in a box, but with Merino. Injuries keep a third of his squad from playing in this postponed clash, but nothing stops the Navarrese: neither blows to the head nor an injury to his little toe. He is the most avant-garde footballer in Real and at the same time, with a mustache highlighting his nose and more hair on his lower body, he would look like a star from the eighties, who even played with his leg on his shoulder. ‘Mer iron’, they called him yesterday on the networks. His armor and his heart are made of iron.
Preview of Mallorca-Real Sociedad
Imanol made up for the eight casualties due to injury with Sanse. Seven more ‘foals’ Pachecowho also has a subsidiary file, complete the call for 24. Marrero aims to be the discard. Januzaj, Aihen, Zaldua and Rafael but the usual ones stayed on the ground yesterday. Marrero, jonathan gomez, Alone, ander martin, Olasagasti, Djoahra and Lobete, hero of the first round match, will be the Sanse players who will return with ensaimadas. The biggest novelty is the presence of Gómez‘Jo-Go‘, the 18-year-old Texan left-back who arrived at the subsidiary two months ago, where he has only played three games and may be the first American in the history of the txuri urdin team.
Zubieta, to the assault of Europe
Among the 24 recruited yesterday by Imanol, 17 come from the subsidiary, although the coach has kept an ace up his sleeve to regain sixth place and make a declaration of war against Betis, third classified. footballers like Zubimendi, Oyarzabal and Port they only played the final stretch of the match against Osasuna; they are fresh. Finding the rest of the lineup, starting with the identity of the goalkeeper, is like hitting the full 15 of the Quiniela. It is most likely that some youngster will be a starter – there must always be eight from the first team on the green – and it cannot be ruled out that he is one of the ‘new’ ones: Alone, Martin, Olasagasti O Gómez. The last two were news yesterday. La Real comes from beating Osasuna three days ago and plays on Saturday at the Bernabéu against Madrid. Someone is going to take the leave due to stress.
If Real wins, they will regain sixth place to the detriment of Villarreal and will be one point behind the Champions League and two behind third. Mallorca, who recovers Baba, although he will be a substitute, has a five-point cushion on relegation. It’s fluffy, but they don’t want to fall asleep. He has gained a lot with the winter transfers, especially the Kosovar giant Muriqithe point that has changed their face.
“It will be wonderful to travel to… Europe.”
A reinforced Mallorca compared to 20-E
The match between Mallorca and Real tonight is the one that was scheduled for the afternoon of January 20, the day of San Sebastián, at 7:00 p.m. It was postponed because the Real-Atlético de Copa (2-0) had to be placed on that day, since the colchoneros had participated in the Super Cup and the cup duel could not be postponed. With respect to that date, Mallorca arrives more reinforced and Real, with many more casualties due to injury. The vermilion team has its successful winter signings –Muriqi, Sergio Rico and Giovanni González– and lose to Ruiz de Galarreta. In the Real then it was low Isaac and now he has a car.
Lobete’s unforgettable goal at Anoeta
A match against Mallorca at home can reserve the most magical moment of the entire season. And something similar happened in the match of the first round between Real and Mallorca in Anoeta, solved with a goal of Julen Lobete in the 90th minute to the delirium of a committed parish and a 100% packed grandstand. It was the appointed day to dedicate the Copa del Rey to the fans. Aihen He was expelled before the break for a double yellow card and the victory was complicated in the final stages. But Lobete scored, Anoeta levitated, the Copa del Rey was held and Real won and fell asleep as leader. All in one night.