He Majorca This Saturday they achieved a valuable goalless draw against Valencia in the resumption of LaLiga in the match corresponding to date 30 and prior to the final of the Copa del Rey that the Balearic team will be playing next weekend in Seville against Athletic Club.
The Mexican technical director Javier Aguirre knew very well that for this visit to Mestalla they would have to “suffer” and he was not wrong. However, he had the contribution of a surprising Dominik Grief, who excelled in Mallorca’s goal in what was his first match of this season for the Spanish championship.
The Slovakian goalkeeper was one of the main protagonists of the match thanks to a couple of transcendental catches so that the Palma de Mallorca team was left with a valuable point. He blocked the shots of Pepelu and Hugo Duro with which he managed to keep his goal at zero.
It was a good presentation by Grief who became a fundamental piece for Mallorca in the Copa del Rey, being the team’s starting goalkeeper in this competition in which the champion will be defined next Saturday against Athletic Club in a match in which The Slovenian will once again be in the starting eleven.
But returning to the local championship, this Saturday Mallorca took one more small step to fulfill its objective of ensuring permanence for the next campaign. The Balearic Islands, who have only lost one game in their last LaLiga appearances, added a valuable point.
With this result, the team Javier Aguirre They climbed one place in the classification table, finishing in 15th place with 31 points, tied with Sevilla, waiting for the 30th matchday of the Spanish tournament to finish. At the moment, the Balearic team is six points ahead of relegation.
So far the last three places in the classification are occupied by Cádiz (25), Ganada (14) and Almería (13) with eight games left until the end of the season, so for Javier Aguirre’s team any opportunity to add is important for his goal of staying in LaLiga.
For its part, this Saturday’s draw at Mestalla left a bitter taste for Valencia. Rubén Baraja’s team sought to become stronger at home to continue fighting to get into the fight for European competition positions for next season, something that has not happened for four years.
Valencia, which still has one match left to play, was left with 41 points in eighth place, five behind Real Sociedad, sixth placed, who has the last of the two tickets for the next edition of the Europa League. La Real will face Deportivo Alavés tomorrow.
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