Mallorca comes off the roller coaster with a golden point against an indolent Athletic who was unable to take advantage of a power play situation that lasted more than 70 minutes after Samú Costa was sent off in the 23rd minute of the first half due to a double yellow card. Surreal performance of the referee duo formed by Martinez Munera And Churches of Villanuevaa night which could have been totally different if at the start the Kosovars Muriqi would have taken advantage of a very clear scoring opportunity.
THE highlight of the evening This happened when many spectators had not even taken their seats. After a frantic start from Mallorca, the ball arrives in the area to Muriqi with everything to score the 1-0. The entire stadium rose like a spring to sing the goal, but emerged like a giant Agirrezabala will intervene with his leg and avoid what seemed inevitable. The rebound fell to Sergi Darder, who also had glory in hand, but smashed his shot into the body of YeahOh.
The double opportunity for the 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐚.#LaLigaHighlights pic.twitter.com/z6XuDndTOg
– Real Mallorca (@RCD_Mallorca) October 28, 2024
From there, everything that happened backfired on Mallorca. At nine minutes Samú Costa played a ball with Galarreta And Martinez Munuera He punished him with yellow. However at the VAR in Iglesias Villanueva That didn’t seem enough and he asked the referee to move towards the monitor. Benidorm local police He didn’t understand that he deserved the redbut shortly after, in a obvious lack of intelligence, The Portuguese entered Galarreta again and now there was no more forgiveness. Suddenly the team found itself down to 10 players with just 23 minutes to play and the referee baiting them with cards. useless yellows in Mojica, Larin and Muriqi. Even He expelled an assistant from Arrasate.
The Mallorcan coach resolved the problem cautiously and brought in Mascarell replaces Larin. Athletic begins to dominate the match, as expected, but without clear finishes apart from an action of Inaki Williams in the final moments of the first half as his brother finished in front of the net, although the images showed that the ball had already crossed the goal line and the 0-1 score was overturned, leaving the match tied at zero at halftime.
Antonio Sanchez He came on at the start of the second half to control the center of the field and he more than succeeded. Iñaki Williams scored in the 74th minute, but offside, then his brother Nico shot against the crossbar in Athletic’s best chance of the whole match, but in the end the score didn’t move and the match ended 0-0 which, given events, is a real success.
Majorca: Greif (1), Maffeo (2), Valjent (1), Raíllo (2), Mojica (1), Morlanes (2), Samú Costa (0), Sergi Darder (1), Robert Navarro (2), Larin ( 1) and Muriqi (1). Mascarell (1) for Larin (24′), Antonio Sánchez (1) for Sergi Darder (46′), Dani Rodríguez (1) for Robert Navarro (64′), Abdón (sc) for Muriqi (91), Copete (sc ) by Morlanes (91′)
Athletic: Agirrezabala (2), Gorosabel (1), Yeray (1), Paredes (1), Yuri (1), Galarreta (1), Jauregizar (1), Iñaki Williams (1), Sancet (2), Nico Williams ( 1) and Guruzeta (1). Vivian (1) for Paredes (46′), Berenguer (1) for Sancet (56′), Djaló (1) for Guruzeta (56′), Herrera (1) for Galarreta (69′), De Marcos (1) for Gorosabel (81′)
Arbitrator: Martinez Munuera (0). TA Larin, Mojica, Muriqi, Paredes. TR Samú Costa (2A, 23′)
Incidents: 19,797 spectators at Son Moix.
