A very different challenge for Mallorca tonight, following clashes with the likes of Valencia and Atlético Madrid. Gijón, bottom of La Liga and with four losses in four away games, were expected to be three-points fodder for Mallorca. And nothing in the first half suggested otherwise, Castro's header putting the home team ahead after quarter of an hour and Mallorca dominating play. But Gijón started to come more into the game and soon after the break gained a deserved equaliser through a Bilic header, and worse was to come for Mallorca, Joao Victor, playing at centre-back as the team was running out of central defenders, put through his own net. Mallorca, losing it for a time, came back, Pina hitting a post. Gijón, suffering a series of yellow cards towards the end, held on to condemn Mallorca to a home defeat which, after the joy of a draw in Madrid, brings them back to earth with a bump.
Mallorca:
Aouate; Cendrós, Joao Victor, Ramis, Bigas; Tissone (Tejera 67), Pina; Pereira (Victor 60), Nsue (Alfaro 77), Castro; Hemed
Goal: Castro (16)
Yellow: Ramis (44); Tejera (68); Cendrós (71); Pina (75)
Gijón:
Juan Pablo; Lora (Damián Suárez 78), Botia, Iván Hernández, Canella; Rivera, Cases; Trejo, André Castro, De las Cuevas (Eguren 83); Barral (Bilic 45)
Goal: Bilic (49); Joao Victor (64 - own goal)
Yellow: De las Cuevas (54); Iván Hernández (87); Eguren (89); André Castro (90+)
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