Mallorca 4 - Apoel 2

Mallorca: Miki; David Cortés, Fernando Niño, Nadal, Toni González; Campano, Nagore, Colsa (Marcos 60'), Nené; Eto'o (Ligüera 71'), Bruggink (Correa 68'). 4-4-2.
Apoel: Morphis; Giorgiou, Petkovski, Daskalaidis, Amanatidis, Okkarides (Alexandrou 68'); Ilia, Votava, Charalambidis; Papandreon, Vakouftsis (Petrou 70'). 5-3-2.

Goals:
0-1. 09. Okkarides. Chested down cross from left and shot over top of defence.
1-1. 28. Eto'o. Turned low cross from Campano past keeper from close up.
2-1. 61. Eto'o. Tap in on far post from Nené ball across goal.
3-1. 67. Eto'o. Ran on to long pass from Toni González to slide ball into net.
4-1. 88. Correa. Scored on far post from Nagore's square pass.
4-2. 89. Amanatidis. Header down past Miki from right sided corner.

Luis Aragonés returned to Mallorca to take over from Jaime Pacheco, and saw his side come from behind to beat Apoel Nicosia 4-2. The veteran manager was in charge at the San Moix stadium a couple of seasons ago and took his team into the Champions League, and the new management were hoping he can do the same for them this year. His first task though was to keep them in the UEFA cup, not a difficult task given their 1-2 victory on the first leg in Cyprus.

With little time to plan, Aragonés opted for a line up similar to the one put out by caretaker manager Tomeu Llompart at the weekend. But their was consternation at the beginning as the visitors mastered the wet pitch and took the lead early on, the defence allowing Okkarides too much time to control a cross in and shoot over the top of the defence.

After a few shaky moments Mallorca did recover though, and Eto'o got on the end of Campano's low cross to turn the ball in past Morphis. A goal from the visitors could still have caused problems, but eventually Eto'o put the fans' minds at rest, finishing off a good run from Nené and then six minutes later running through to slide in his hat-trick midway through the second half.

Aragonés took off the Camerooni striker soon afterwards to a standing ovation, and brought on two fresh men up front. And in a repetition of Eto'o's second goal, Nené found Correa for him to score his fourth goal in a week. The Spaniards did let in another late goal from Amanatidis as they took their foot off the accelerator, but by then the game was over and Luis had his first win in charge. And next Sunday Mallorca visit his old club Atlético. The fun is just beginning.