Mallorca takes advantage of Valencia's downturn

Mallorca beat Valencia this Saturday at the Mestalla (1-2) in a duel with the visiting team, he knew how to overcome the Valencian penalty goal in the second half with another goal from eleven meters and a beautiful one from the Korean Kang In.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
22 October 2022 Saturday 13:32
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Mallorca takes advantage of Valencia's downturn

Mallorca beat Valencia this Saturday at the Mestalla (1-2) in a duel with the visiting team, he knew how to overcome the Valencian penalty goal in the second half with another goal from eleven meters and a beautiful one from the Korean Kang In. The Valencianists dominated in the first half but without endangering the Majorcan goal, while in the second part the balance was the predominant note but with a more active Mallorca and that knew how to do damage in another second part to the oblivion of the Valencianists.

Valencia, who saw how Mouctar Diakhaby had to retire injured for two minutes of the game, started the clash with intensity and with a vertical game against a well-established Mallorca in their field that tried to minimize the local attacks. After Valencia's initial push phase was over, the match entered a phase of uncertainty and inaccuracies on both sides since although it was Valencia who continued to command the pitch, Rajkovic's goal was hardly in serious danger.

The match changed little in the final stretch of the first half. Valencia was the one that put the initiative but was still without a hit against an effective Mallorca in containment and waiting to catch a counterattack with which to surprise the local team.

After a poor first half, the second half opened under a script similar to that of the first half, with Valencia in the field of Mallorca trying to break down the retaining wall of the Balearic team, which defended with everything. It had to be a penalty that finely opened the can. The Uruguayan Edinson Cavani did not fail against Rajkovic and put his team ahead after a clear takedown in the area by Antonio Sánchez to Lino.

The local goal and the three changes made by the Mexican Javier Aguirre made Mallorca come out of its excess of conservatism and the Balearic team would also achieve the tie from eleven meters, from where Muriqi did not fail either after a knockdown by Nico on Amath.

The match lost order and neither of the two teams was able to control the game but it was Mallorca that best knew how to take advantage of the circumstance to take the three points with a goal from Kang In in minute 82 after a pass from Dani Rodríguez and shoot a Mamardashvili after haggling over two rivals and making room for the shot.

From then until the end the game went crazy with arrivals in one area and another but without one or the other being able to beat the rival goal.

1 - Valencia: Mamardasvili, Thierry, Gabriel Paulista, Diakhaby (Cenk Özkacar, m.4), Gaia, Nico (Hugo Guillaume, m.66), Yunus Musah, Almeida (Marcos Andre, m.73), Kluivert (Hugo Duro). , m.73), Lino and Cavani.

2 - Mallorca: Rajkovic, Maffeo, Raillo, Valjent (Nastasic, m.76), Copete (Daniel Rodriguez, m.55), Jaume Costa (Gonzalez, m.78), Battaglia (Baba, m.55), Ruiz de Galarreta, Sanchez (Amath, m.55), Kang En and Muriqi.

Goals:

1-0, m.51: Cavani, penalty. 1-1, m.66: Muriqi. 1-2, m.82: Kang in.

Referee: Sanchez Martinez (Murcian Committee). He showed yellow cards One the locals Paulista, Yunus Musah, and Guillamon and one the visitors Battaglia, Muriqi, Garraleta and Raillo.

Incidents: match of the eleventh day of LaLIga Santander played at the Mestalla stadium before 41,199 spectators.