Palma, May 12 (EFE).- Mallorca is virtually a First Division team after defeating Cádiz 1-0 with a goal from Pablo Maffeo in Son Moix and scoring 44 points that will allow them to calmly face the final four days, all This, at the cost of a Cadista team that is left at the expense of what they do to their direct rivals so as not to fall into the relegation zone.
Javier Aguirre coach of the vermillions had declared that 42 points gave him “tranquility” for the decisive phase of the championship.
His team has exceeded that figure and celebrated with his fans in the center of the field, as if it were a title, which will be the third consecutive season in the highest category of Spanish football.
Mallorca has a clear horizon in the final stretch. Not so Cádiz, which gets into trouble with three teams from the lower zone that are hot on its heels: Getafe, Valencia and Valladolid.
The two teams faced the clash with many novelties in their ranks. Aguirre placed the Ghanaian midfielder Idrissu Baba in the center of the defense due to the absence of defenders Antonio Raillo, Giovanni González, Matija Nastasic and Ludwig Agustinsson, injured.
González, for his part, also moved the bench after the 5-1 draw against Atlético de Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano and recovered the central defender Luis Hernández, who was suspended due to suspension last day.
The Cadista team was superior in the first minutes, although it did not endanger the Serbian goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic. Yes, Mallorca did it on the first occasion they had: Pablo Maffeo headed in a ball that had bounced off the crossbar after the intervention of the Argentine goalkeeper Conan Ledesma on a header from Baba.
The vermillions decided from that moment, with an advantage on the scoreboard, to cede dominance to the yellow team. The objective was to take advantage of the counterattacks against an opponent forced to look for an equalizer, but that was not what happened.
Mallorca continued on the defensive, although they did not find ways to give balls to Vedat Muriqi. At the start of the second half, Cádiz created the best chances, risking just enough against an opponent determined to defend Maffeo’s goal.
Aguirre decided to bring on Antonio Sánchez and Dani Rodríguez, who entered the field for Jaume Costa and Amath Ndiayé: Sánchez moved to the right of the defense and Maffeo moved to the left.
González, for his part, responded with a triple substitution in order to reinforce his attack: Negredo, Bongonda and Alcaraz replaced Guardiola, Alejo and San Emeterio.
The course of the actions did not vary: the vermillions defended in their field without losing sight of a counterattack that would sentence the clash; the team from Cádiz had the ball but could not find spaces in the rival defense.
The most dangerous move by the visitors, a ball that goalkeeper Rajkovic hit the crossbar, was canceled for offside by Negredo.
The last bullet from coach Sergio González in the final stretch was the Honduran nationalized Spanish Choco Lozano, who tried, but like his teammates, without success. Mallorca was able to sentence with a header from Muriqi that went wide by very little; Cádiz also had it in an agonizing final stretch.
The match ended with a goal disallowed by Kang In Lee for offside when goalkeeper Conan Ledesma had left his goal to finish off a corner in the Majorcan area.
Datasheet:
1-Mallorca: Rajkovic; Maffeo, Valjent, Copete, Coast (Antonio Sanchez, min. 62); Morlanes (Grenier, min. 82), Baba, Ruiz de Galarreta; Ndiayé (Dani Rodriguez, 62 mins), Kang In Lee.
0-Cadiz: Ledesma; Prison, Hernandez, Fali (Arzamendia, min. 92), Hawthorn; Escalante, St. Emeterius (Ruben Alcaraz, min. 66); Ramos, Nephew (Choco Lozano, 80 mins), Alejo (Bongonda, 66 mins); Guardiola (Negredo, min. 66).
Goals: 1-0, min. 15: Maffeo.
Referee: Sánchez Martínez (Murcian Committee). He showed yellow cards to Manu Morlanes (min. 31), Jaume Costa (min. 54), Ruiz de Galarreta (min. 58), Kang In Lee (min. 49), Maffeo (min. 95) from Mallorca; Chris Ramos (min. 7), Alejo (min. 64), José Mari (when he was warming up in the band, min. 68), Escalante (min. 75) from Cádiz;
Incidents: Match corresponding to the thirty-fourth day of LaLiga played at the Son Moix stadium before 15,377 spectators. The players from Mallorca and Cádiz made a corridor for Mallorca Palma Futsal, champion of the Futsal Champions League. Carlos Barrón, captain of the five from Palma, made the kick-off.