who is not taking off because, despite the obvious improvement in his game, he needs to finish the games. It is their pending account and the salvation of a Mallorca that began dominating the match but whose rival ended up pressing against the ropes. Carlos Corberán’s team has not finished coming back because it advances, from tie to tie, with little ant steps.
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Goals 0-1 min. 22: Samuel Costa. 1-1 min. 52: Hugo Duro.
Arbitrator Alejandro Quintero González
yellow cards Samuel Costa (min. 46), Corberán (min. 51), Filip Ugrinic (min. 66), Leo Román (min. 78), Mateo Joseph (min. 86) and Hugo Duro (min. 91)
Mallorca ruled during the first minutes over Valencia, lost again after some drinkable games and without a pattern in the creation zone. Jagoba Arrasate’s team hurt their rival with crosses from the wings. Jan Virgili, fast and elusive, frequently found the way to launch crosses that were very dangerous for the Valencia defense, which, once again, collapsed in a set piece that rewarded Samu Costa.
Filip Ugrinic tried to stand out in midfield when the score was already against him. The Swiss became big and began to move the ball with speed and intention. Ugrinic’s awakening spurred Valencia on. The team, more dangerous since Carlos Corberán joined the versatile Lucas Beltran with Hugo Duro at the top, showed its teeth and went after Mallorca, who suffered unspeakably in the last minutes and who breathed when they heard the referee’s whistle.
The Mestalla fans are pulling their hair out. There is no quiet season in this house. It is the fate of this Valencia, a great team converted into a small team. A League secondary who has become familiar with the underworld. It doesn’t matter that the ownership has managed to bring together a few players who handle the ball well and that Carlos Corberán seems like the ideal coach for this group. A new season was launched and Valencia once again found itself anchored in the last positions with a football that has not yet fully awakened.
Valencia’s pressure did not affect the passage through the locker room and as soon as they returned to the grass, Thierry put one of those balls into the area that Hugo Duro likes so much, a scorer who scored the tie. Valencia, almost enraged, suffocated its rival with pressure and did not stop unleashing blows, especially from the wing of Luis Rioja and Thierry, against a Mallorca that was unable to leave its field. Gayá had the second within reach, but his header, after another challenge from Luis Rioja, went off the post. The next one, now a header from Beltrán, was thwarted by Leo Román with a great save.
The last goal was missing. As always this season. Mallorca gasped but resisted and with the changes they began to look for Muriqi on the counterattack, the scorer who was beginning to see the light after many minutes totally isolated.
