Week 20: 4-8-8 20 points Went to Valencia to play bottom side Levante, who had not yet won a single La Liga match this season. Yup, gave hope to Levante by losing 0-2 and missing a PK to boot. This Mallorca side are headed for relegation because I don't know who in La Liga they can beat. Goals - Assists Dani Rodriguez 3 - 2 Sevilla 1 - 3 Lee Kang-in 1 - 2 Fer Nino 2 - 0 Baba 2 - 0 Angel 1 - 2 Maffeo 1 - 1 Ndiaye 0 - 2 Kubo 1 - 0 Prats 1 - 0 Russo 1 - 0 Sanchez 1 - 0 Olivan 1 - 0 Cosat 0 - 1 Hoppe 0 - 1 Opponent own goal: 1 Goals scored: 17 Goals conceded: 30 Clean sheets: 6
Fourth Round, Copa del Ray (Round of 16) Hosted Espanyol and came away 2-1 winners with (finally) a good effort. Kubo scored first goal on a free kick, over the wall, and Sevilla corner headed in by Prats for the match winner. Leo Roman in goal for the win. Copa del Rey scoring (after 4 rounds) Goals-Assists Angel Rodriguez 4 - 1 Llabres 1 - 2 Take Kubo 1 - 2 Sedlar 2 - 0 Gaya 2 - 0 Mboula 1 - 1 Prats 1 - 0 Kang-In 0 - 1 Costa 0 - 1 de Galaretta 0 - 1 Olivan 0 - 1 Sevilla 0 - 1 Goals scored: 12 Goals conceded: 2 Clean sheets: 2
Week 21: 4-8-9 20 points Villarreal 3 - 0 Mallorca Week 22: 5-8-9 23 points Beat relegation candidate Cadiz 2-1 with two PKs, one from Salva Sevilla and the other from their new striker Muriqi. Goals - Assists Dani Rodriguez 3 - 2 Sevilla 2 - 3 Lee Kang-in 1 - 2 Fer Nino 2 - 0 Baba 2 - 0 Angel 1 - 2 Maffeo 1 - 1 Ndiaye 0 - 2 Muriqi 1 - 0 Kubo 1 - 0 Prats 1 - 0 Russo 1 - 0 Sanchez 1 - 0 Olivan 1 - 0 Cosat 0 - 1 Hoppe 0 - 1 Opponent own goal: 1 Goals scored: 19 Goals conceded: 34 Clean sheets: 6
Week 24: Mallorca with 3-2 home win over Athletic Bilbao. Sevilla PK and Angel goals (Muriqi assist) in first half. Bilbao own goal was match winner for RCD. Week 25: Lost 2-1 away to Real Betis. Muriqi goal off Jaume Costa cross. Now 6-8-10 26 points and in 16th place. Goals - Assists Sevilla 3 - 3 Dani Rodriguez 3 - 2 Muriqi 2 - 1 Lee Kang-in 1 - 2 Fer Nino 2 - 0 Baba 2 - 0 Angel 2 - 2 Maffeo 1 - 1 Ndiaye 0 - 2 Costa 0 - 2 Kubo 1 - 0 Prats 1 - 0 Russo 1 - 0 Sanchez 1 - 0 Olivan 1 - 0 Hoppe 0 - 1 Opponent own goal: 2 Goals scored: 23 Goals conceded: 38 Clean sheets: 6
Week 31: 7-8-16 29 points After a run of 7 straight losses, and around 5.5 hours without a goal, Mallorca beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 from a Muriqi PK. Goals - Assists Sevilla 3 - 3 Dani Rodriguez 3 - 2 Muriqi 3 - 1 Lee Kang-in 1 - 2 Fer Nino 2 - 0 Baba 2 - 0 Angel 2 - 2 Maffeo 1 - 1 Ndiaye 0 - 2 Costa 0 - 2 Kubo 1 - 0 Prats 1 - 0 Russo 1 - 0 Sanchez 1 - 0 Olivan 1 - 0 Hoppe 0 - 1 Opponent own goal: 2 Goals scored: 27 Goals conceded: 50 Clean sheets: 7
Week 31: 7-8-16 29 points After a run of 6 straight losses, and around 5.5 hours without a goal, Mallorca beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 from a Muriqi PK. In their 6-loss run, they scored only 4 goals and gave up 12. And they picked up a new trainer (coach) in Aguirre, a Mexican. Goals - Assists Sevilla 4 - 3 Dani Rodriguez 3 - 2 Muriqi 3 - 1 Angel 2 - 2 Costa 0 - 4 Lee Kang-in 1 - 2 Fer Nino 2 - 0 Baba 2 - 0 Maffeo 1 - 1 Ndiaye 0 - 2 Kubo 1 - 0 Prats 1 - 0 Russo 1 - 0 Sanchez 1 - 0 Olivan 1 - 0 Gonzalez 1 - 0 Hoppe 0 - 1 Opponent own goal: 3 Goals scored: 27 Goals conceded: 50 Clean sheets: 7
Week 32: Elche 3-0 Mallorca Week 33: Mallorca 2-1 Alaves 8-8-17 32 points After getting blown out in Elche, RCD beat Alaves in a midweek match to move farther out of the relegation zone. Maffeo cross side footed in by Abdon Prats for the first goal, and Dani Rodriguez fed Muriqi who hit a sharp angled shot by the keeper for the second. Goals - Assists Sevilla 4 - 3 Dani Rodriguez 3 - 3 Muriqi 4 - 1 Angel 2 - 2 Costa 0 - 4 Lee Kang-in 1 - 2 Maffeo 1 - 2 Fer Nino 2 - 0 Baba 2 - 0 Prats 2 - 0 Ndiaye 0 - 2 Kubo 1 - 0 Russo 1 - 0 Sanchez 1 - 0 Olivan 1 - 0 Gonzalez 1 - 0 Hoppe 0 - 1 Opponent own goal: 3 Goals scored: 29 Goals conceded: 54 Clean sheets: 7
Week 34: Barcelona 2-1 Mallorca (Raillo goal, Sevilla assist) Week 35: Mallorca 2-6 Granada Sevilla (Muriqi) Raillo (Maffeo) Week 36: Sevilla 0-0 Mallorca Week 37: Mallorca 2-1 Rayo Vallecano Muriqi (Costa) Prats (Maffeo) 9-9-19 36 points Mallorca are now in 17th place but even on points with Cadiz in 18th. Final weekend will decide which squad goes down and which stays up. RCD really hurt their chances with they lost at home to Granada in that 2-6 blowout. Granada were below them and leapfrogged. Anyway, their defense is still very poor. Goals - Assists Sevilla 5 - 4 Muriqi 5 - 2 Dani Rodriguez 3 - 3 Angel 3 - 2 Maffeo 1 - 4 Costa 0 - 5 Prats 3 - 0 Lee Kang-in 1 - 2 Fer Nino 2 - 0 Raillo 2 - 0 Ndiaye 0 - 2 Baba 1 - 0 Kubo 1 - 0 Russo 1 - 0 Sanchez 1 - 0 Olivan 1 - 0 Gonzalez 1 - 0 Hoppe 0 - 1 Opponent own goal: 3 Goals scored: 34 Goals conceded: 63 Clean sheets: 8
Week 38: 10-9-19 39 points, 16th place Osasuna 0-2 RCD Mallorca Mallorca went to Pamplona and won only their third away match of the season to escape relegation. Angel Rodriguez played a 1-2 with Muriqi to score the first goal, and then Grenier put in a rebound when Prats's header was saved at the post. Cadiz won 0-1 away and they both leapfrogged Granada who could only draw 0-0 after a missed PK. Granada had beaten Mallorca 2-6 only a couple of weeks ago. Goals - Assists Sevilla 5 - 4 Muriqi 5 - 3 Angel Rodriguez 4 - 2 Dani Rodriguez 3 - 3 Maffeo 1 - 4 Costa 0 - 5 Prats 3 - 0 Lee Kang-in 1 - 2 Fer Nino 2 - 0 Raillo 2 - 0 Ndiaye 0 - 2 Baba 1 - 0 Kubo 1 - 0 Russo 1 - 0 Sanchez 1 - 0 Olivan 1 - 0 Gonzalez 1 - 0 Grenier 1 - 0 Hoppe 0 - 1 Opponent own goal: 3 Goals scored: 36 Goals conceded: 63 Clean sheets: 9
Season 2022-2023 transfer news. Everton want to sell Salomon Rondon, and Mallorca are interested. The 32-year-old Rondon scored once in 20 matches for Everton. RCD have also expressed interest in Wolverhampton Wolves's Mexican striker, Raul Jimenez. This 31-year-old scored 6 times in 34 matches over 21-22 season. With a Mexican trainer, I can see why there is interest in Venezuelan and Mexican strikers.
Salva Sevilla and Manolo Reina to leave the club following the Summer 2022 expiration of their contracts. https://www.rcdmallorca.es/en/content/news/news/salva-sevilla-and-manolo-reina-to-leave-rcd-mallorca
Here are the departures known to date: RB Sastre to PAOK Salonika LB Olivan to Espanyol Midfielder Sevilla to Alaves GK Reina to nobody yet Midfielder Take Kubo back to Real Madrid from loan deal F Muriqi back to Lazio from loan deal RB Maffeo back to VfB Stuttgart from loan deal GK Rico back to PSG from loan deal F Fer Nino back to Villarreal from loan deal Midfielder Battaglia back to Sporting CP from loan deal. Wow. Anyone left, or should they turn off the lights?
Javier Aguirre has signed Jose Manuel ‘Copete’ Arias, a central defender who played for Ponferradina last season. Dani Alves will be leaving Barcelona and has been offered to Mallorca. But Ronaldo has also expressed interest in bringing Alves to his newly-promoted Real Valladolid.
Mallorca have purchased Pablo Maffeo from VfB Stuttgart for €3m. Good deal. His loan spell worked out well last season so nice to buy him into the squad. Not too many rumours. One is that Mallorca are attempting to buy S. Dursun in from Fenerbahce, where he scored 18 goals and assisted on 5 in 42 matches last season. Suggested price is €5m. Another is S. Zaza from Torino. He used to play for Valencia.
More news on the striker front. Mallorca will not be getting Muriqi back. Three possibilities are: Sedar Dursun from Fenerbahce (mentioned above) Egyptian Mostafa Mohamed from Galatasaray Croatian striker Antonio Colak from Paok Salonica 20,000
Mallorca beat Polish 3rd Division Wieczysta Krakow 3-0 in a pre-season friendly. Goals were scored by Angel Rodriguez, Lago Junior, and Matthew Hoppe. Starting lineup (GK -> striker) Roman Valjent, Raillo, Gaya, Gonzalez, Cufre Sanchez, Grenier, Kang In-Lee Angel, Llabres And then everyone subbed out, of course.
Mallorca drew with the Qatar national team 0-0 in an unrecognized friendly. Starting lineup looked like this, front (strikers) to back (GK) in a 3-5-2 formation, and 5-3-2 when defending. Kang-In Lee, Angel Rodriguez Costa, Baba, Dani Rodriguez, Grenier, Maffeo Valjent, Copete, Raillo Roman
RCD have signed Vedat Muriqi in a €8-9m deal with Lazio. On loan in the second half of the season, Muriqi had 5 goals and 3 assists, which greatly assisted in Mallorca staying up. They have also signed goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic on a four-year deal from Stade Reims. Rajkovic will likely be the starter. 20103
Mallorca drew 1-1 with Napoli in a pre-season friendly. Starting lineup, front to back, in a 5-3-2 lineup: Angel Rodriguez, Prats Dani Rodriguez, Baba, Grenier Costa, Copete, Gaya, Raillo, Maffeo Rajkovic Mallorca goal scored by Raillo. Muriqi and Kang-In Lee both played the second half.
Mallorca played their final friendly against UD Ibiza (Segunda, I believe) and drew 0-0. They won the match 6-5 on penalty kicks. Starting lineup shows trainer's current thinking: Muriqi, Kang-In Dani Rodriguez Grenier, Baba Costa, Copete, Valjent, Raillo, Maffeo Rajkovic So, a 5-2-1-2 lineup. Got to shore up defense with 5 backs and 2 defensive midfielders.
RCD Mallorca sold Matthew Hoppe to Middlesbrough of the English Championship for £3m. So, goodbye American fans who never came here anyway.
Week 1: Athletic Bilbao 0-0 RCD Mallorca Good result, stealing a point from the Bilbao fortress, a very impressive stadium. 0-1-0 1 point Goals scored: 0 Goals conceded: 0 Clean sheets: 1
Week 2: 0-1-1 1 point Lost 1-2 at home to Real Betis. Midfielder Battaglia fouled twice to give up TWO penalty kicks which were put away by Real Betis's Iglesias. Mallorca picked up their first La Liga goal when Lee Kang-In sent in an inch-perfect cross onto the head of Muriqi. Goals - Assists Muriqi 1 - 0 Kang-In 0 - 1 Goals scored: 1 Goals conceded: 2 Clean sheets: 1