The tie leaves both teams as they were, equal and close to the danger zone, since Villarreal continues without taking off since Marcelino arrived on the bench and Mallorca maintains its negative streak of days without winning away from the island.
Aguirre’s team, aware of the rival’s anxiety, took control of the game in the first minutes, in which they planted themselves in local territory and caused some imbalance in Villarreal’s defense.
Marcelino’s team took a while a quarter of an hour to cast off in attack and he did it guided by Gerard Moreno, who was a permanent threat infiltrated between the Balearic lines.
Two shots by Sorloth into the hands of Rajkovic and a high free-kick by Baena were the only offensive actions of merit from a gripped Villarreal.
He Mallorcafor its part, was content to maintain defensive tactical rigor and try to take advantage of its rival’s inaccuracies, keeping the Canadian Larin isolated from the rest of his teammates.
The match entered a phase of balance and inaccuracies that unstuck an isolated play. A center from Álex Baena, already on the edge of half-time, was taken advantage of by Sorloth to get ahead of the centre-backs and beat Mallorca’s goal from close range.
After the break, Villarreal tried to defend its advantage by taking possession of the ballbut Mallorca, more intense, took a step forward and began to circle Jorgensen’s area.
A forced shot by Nastasic and another weak one by Larin confirmed the apparent improvement of Mallorca, who went for the game with the entry of Abdón Prats for Antonio Sánchez and the change in tactical design.
Villarreal, without the reliability of yesteryear with the ball, he felt more comfortable on the counterattack and was close to sentencing after a new personal action by Sorloth, whose final shot was blocked by the defense.
With the game drawn for the counterattack, Marcelino brought on the debutant Gonçalo Guedes and the Villarrealwithout hardly any trouble, began to accumulate dangerous arrivalsalthough without aim.
The Portuguese had the option of scoring the second, already in the final stretch of the match, but he forgave. Mallorca, with all its offensive arsenal on the pitch, including the recovered Muriqiended up finding the tie in an unexpected action.
About the horn.
Javi Lladrés breaks La Cerámica. #LALIGAEASPORTS #LaCasaDelFútbol pic.twitter.com/1LFzuiwX80— Football on Movistar Plus+ (@MovistarFutbol) January 20, 2024
Javi Llabrés, who had barely been on the pitch for three minutes, He caught a cross to beat Jorgensen from the center of the area.
Villarreal, running out of time, tried to react to the new blow, but they no longer had the strength or football to overcome a Mallorca team whose point did taste like glory.
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