By Sergio Silva
Apr 28, 2024, 1:12 PM EDT
He Majorca He could not increase his distance from the relegation places this Sunday after drawing a draw (1-1) in his visit to Cádiz, one of the direct rivals of the team led by the Mexican. Javier Aguirre in the fight for permanence this season in LaLiga.
The vermilion team, which has still not been able to win a game since the defeat suffered in the final of the Copa del Rey in the penalty shootout at the hands of Athletic Club earlier this month, missed a good opportunity to take another step towards his great objective of the campaign: salvation.
Mallorca went ahead this Sunday at the Nuevo Mirandilla stadium thanks to a goal from Kosovar attacker Vedat Muriqi 12 minutes into the match, after beating a Cádiz defender and heading a cross from the wing. right of the Serbian Martin Valjent.
The “Vasco” Aguirre troop seemed on track to achieve its first victory since March 16 against Granada (1-0) for the Spanish championship, but things did not go as expected and the local team managed to put parity on the scoreboard. thanks to a goal from Omar Mascarell (m.59) against.
This tie leaves a bad taste in Mallorca’s mouth since the good feelings that the game is showing on the field are not accompanied by the expected results in a season in which they achieved the feat of playing in the final of the Copa del Rey.
The team of Javier Aguirre It remains in 16th place in the classification in Spain with a record of six wins, 14 draws and 13 losses for a total of 32 points, six above the first place in the relegation, occupied precisely by Cádiz, which added its 15th setback it’s from the season.
The positive point for Mallorca is that the teams that are directly below and that represent an imminent threat did not add either. Not only Cádiz, which was left with one point equal to the vermilion team, but also Celta de Vigo (31 pts.) who lost to Alavés (3-0).
With Mexican César Montes’ Almería out of the race after their relegation materialized on Saturday after losing to Getafe (1-3), only Granada remains in the bottom half with a small option of achieving salvation after their conquest this Sunday against Osasuna (3-0), which left them with 21 points.
The distance between Granada and Mallorca at the moment is 11 units when there are still five games to be played to complete the season calendar in the Spanish championship, which is largely dominated by Real Madrid.
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