Mallorca 1 - Barcelona 3

Mallorca: Leo Franco; David Cortés, Nadal, Fernando Niño, Olaizola; Campano, Marcos, Colsa (Nagore 53'), Nené (Stankovic 58'); Eto'o, Bruggink (Correa 53'). 4-4-2.
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés; Gabri, Puyol, Cocu, Van Bronckhorst; Gerard, Motta; Quaresma (Sergio Santamaría 46'), Ronaldinho (Luis Enrique 71'), Luis García; Saviola (Kluivert 75'). 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Mallorca: Leo Franco, Marcos for Miki, Nagore / Barça: Quaresma for Luis Enrique.

Goals:
0-1. 09. Saviola. Scored from close up after Leo Franco dropped cross from right.
0-2. 28. Ronaldinho. Bent free kick over defensive wall into net..
0-3. 50. Cocu. Header down past Leo Franco from Motta's cross.
1-3. 85. Correa. Following up after Víctor Valdés spilled previous shot.

Barcelona beat Mallorca 1-3 to move back up to seventh spot, just behind Real Sociedad on goal average. Frank Rijkaard left Kluivert and Luis Enrique on the bench in an attempt to forget the previous two home defeats to Valencia and Deportivo, with Quaresma coming in on the right wing and Saviola as the sole front man. And the move paid off when the young Argentine striker opened the scoring after Leo Franco dropped the ball at his feet. Ronaldinho made it two midway through the first half with a curling free kick, and the visitors could have had more before the break as Leo Franco saved from Saviola and Quaresma shot just wide.

Mallorca were putting up very little resistance, and Cocu came up to head a third from Motta's cross five minutes after the restart. An angry Luis Aragonés made three quick changes to stop the rot, bringing on three of his ex charges at Atlético Madrid Nagore, Correa and then Stankovic, and the machine finally started to click into gear. Víctor Valdés was finally called on to save from Campano, Eto'o and David Cortés, and Stankovic sent another shot wide. And with five minutes to go Correa took advantage after Valdés spilled Eto'o's shot to score a late consolation goal. Rijkaard can breath more easily, but Aragonés has a lot of work to do if he is to get his new side out of the bottom three.