Looking back at the 2019/20 season that was disrupted by the new crown epidemic, it is difficult not to lament Mallorca, who was led by coach Vicente Moreno, with a set of pure grassroots teams that had experienced two consecutive promotions from The West B arena, and fought all the way to the last two rounds before tragically relegating.
And Mallorca also once knocked out the champions of that season, Real Madrid, at home, and also had the famous "fake Real Madrid: Real Madrid, real Real Madrid: Real Mallorca" terrier.
And this time as the runner-up in Spanish B only took a year to return to La Liga, Mallorca must not be willing to do the "lift" again.
20/21 West B performance
After relegation in the 2019/20 season, Vicente Moreno, the meritorious manager who led the team to complete the triple jump, jumped to the Parrots, and The outstanding Kubo Kenei also returned to Real Madrid, and Croatian top scorer Budimir, who scored in doubles, moved to Osasuna. Mallorca, which returned to La Liga in the 20/21 season, looked doomed to difficulties.
But in the end, it took the Mallorca team only one season to return to La Liga. Under the leadership of new manager Luis Garcia, Mallorca lost 1-0 to Vallecano in the first round of La Liga, but then they remained unbeaten for a full 17 rounds, always at the top of the table, clinging to the Top Espanyol.
As the season progressed, as Espanyol's results fluctuated, Mallorca once surpassed the Parrots to reach the top of the La Liga table.
In the 25th round of La Liga last season, Mallorca hosted a direct conversation with Espanyol at home, which also became a contest to determine the direction of last season's La Liga title, and finally Mallorca lost 2-1 at home to Espanyol.
After this, the trend of the two teams went up and down, Mallorca was unable to complete the re-overtaking of the Spaniards in the standings, but in the end, Mallorca announced his direct promotion to La Liga this season three rounds in advance, and together with the Spaniards completed the feat of returning to La Liga in the first year of relegation.
In the last round, Mallorca is even expected to surpass Espanyol to win the La Liga title, but in the end Mallorca returned to La Liga with espanyol with 82 points and was second in the second place due to the disadvantage of each other's records.
New season outlook
This is the ninth time in Mallorca's history that they have completed an upgrade and the third time in the last four seasons that the Island team has completed the promotion achievement, but it does not look easy for them to avoid repeating the mistakes of the 19/20 season in the new season.
Mallorca's defensive end in La Liga last season was absolutely commendable, conceding 28 goals in 42 La Liga rounds. But on the offensive end they only scored 54 goals, a full 17 goals less than champions Espanyol. Throughout the season, Mallorca's top scorer in La Liga was striker Pratz, but he only scored 10 goals.
In addition to Pratz, Mallorca's more dependent players on the offensive end last season include Winger Ndiaye, who played for Atletico Youth and Getafe, who joined the relegated Mallorca on loan last season, scoring nine La Liga goals throughout the season, and Mallorca also completed the buyout of the player at the end of the season.
In addition to this, veteran Salva Sevilla and Lago, who were in the team's squad in the 19/20 season, also contributed greatly to the promotion. The 36-year-old goalkeeper Manolo Reina, who played well in La Liga in 19/20, was the captain and spiritual leader of Mallorca, and he helped Mallorca become the best defensive team in La Liga with impeccable performance last season.
Since the opening of the summer window, Mallorca's reinforcement goals have been relatively clear, they have signed a lot of players with rich La Liga experience, such as Gaume Costa, who has played in Valencia and Villarreal, Mafio, who has been with Messi in the Catalan derby, and the most important reinforcement is the veteran goalscorer Angel Rodriguez who is exempt from Getafe, this super efficient striker may solve the problem of Mallorca's attacking end.
And before the summer window is over, Mallorca may still have a move, and after the start of the season, it depends on the skills of coach Luis Garcia.
In the 19/20 season, Mallorca impressed us in La Liga, and their secret weapon was the "Devil's home" Son Mosh Stadium, where Mallorca had cut down real Madrid, Valencia and other strong opponents, although they were eventually relegated, they also left a strong mark.
Mallorca is back in La Liga this time, can they get rid of the "lift" name this time?