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Demichelis's Mallorca debut ends in draw

New Mallorca boss Martín Demichelis saw his team draw 2-2 with Osasuna, blowing a two-goal lead. The team remains in La Liga's relegation zone.


Demichelis's Mallorca debut ends in draw

Martín Demichelis had a frustrating debut as Mallorca's manager on Saturday, as his team drew 2-2 with Osasuna after squandering a two-goal lead away from home. The team of the former River Plate coach seemed headed for a valuable victory thanks to Vedat Muriqi's brace, which had put Mallorca in front. However, the home side reacted in the final stretch and equalized in a surprising finish for the Argentine coach's debut. With this result, Mallorca failed to climb out of the relegation zone and remains committed in the fight to stay in the league, in a context where every point starts to weigh more as the season approaches its end. After the match, Demichelis made it clear his frustration with the outcome, although he also highlighted some positive aspects of his team's performance for much of the game, a debut that showed encouraging signs in the play but was marked by the disappointment of the result. Other La Liga results from this Saturday's matchday: Levante 1-1 Girona, while Atlético de Madrid beat Real Sociedad 3-2 in another of the day's games. The vermilion team let an important opportunity slip by in the fight for permanence, adding only one point in a key La Liga round.