Mallorca 3 - Real Sociedad 2

Mallorca: Moya; Campano, Ballesteros, Ramís, Poli; Tuni (Pereyra 70'), Felipe Melo (David Cortés 86'), De los Santos, Arango; Luis García, Romeo (Correa 78'). 4-4-2.
Real Sociedad: Riesgo; López Rekarte, Luiz Alberto, Labaka, Rossato; Aranburu, Mikel Alonso (Barkero 78'), Karpin, Uranga, Xabi Prieto (Mladenovic 71'); De Paula. 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Mallorca: Tuni, Felipe Melo for Iuliano, Farinós / Real Sociedad: No change.

Goals:
0-1. 06. Aranburu. First time volley into top of net after Luiz Alberto headed back.
1-1. 14. Romeo. Controlled Arango headed pass on chest and shot past Riesgo.
1-2. 16. Uranga. Ran ball into empty net after Moyà left him free saving corner.
2-2. 19. Luis García. Took high pass on chest and beat keeper with shot on turn.
3-2. 54. Romeo. Shot wide of keeper after Labaka headed back long throw in.

Excitement at the San Moix stadium, where Mallorca came from behind twice to win 3-2 against Real Sociedad. With his side languishing in the relegation zone, local manager Héctor Cúper said before kick off that a defeat in this match would leave them close to going down. And they got off to a bad start when Aranburu blasted the Basque side into the lead in only the sixth minute after Luiz Alberto and a defender headed the ball in to his path.

The Balearic Islanders made it all square with just under a quarter of an hour on the clock, Romeo picking up Arango's headed pass to score his first goal for his new club (referee Undiano Mallenco waving away claims for hand ball), but two minutes later Gari Uranga restored the lead after a dreadful mistake by Moyà, who tried to stop the ball going out for a corner and only succeeded in gifting it to the striker.

The fun continued though, and Luis García equalised again after controlling Romeo's lofted pass on his chest and beating Riesgo with a shot on the turn. The game was still only twenty minutes old, but after that things calmed down, and the only effort at goal before the break came from Campano, which Riesgo dealt with easily.

Ten minutes in to the second half Mallorca finally went in front, Romeo controlling the ball on his knee after Labaka could only head back a long throw and firing the ball in to the net. Real pushed forward, but although De Paula, Uranga and Aranburu all tried their luck, without the injured Nihat and Kovacevic they were unable to find the way through. Mallorca had kept their hopes alive, and they are now four points away from safety.