PALMA – Real Madrid's unbeaten start to the La Liga season came to an abrupt and surprising end as Real Mallorca claimed a stunning 1-0 victory at a rocking Son Moix on Saturday to climb out of the relegation zone.
The Balearic Islanders had only managed six goals in their opening eight games of their first season back in the big time, but one was enough to down their illustrious visitors. It was a cracker too, thrashed home in the seventh minute by Ivorian Lago Junior who with one swing of his right foot wrote his name into Mallorcan sporting folklore alongside tennis great Rafa Nadal who celebrated his wedding earlier.
Local boy Nadal is a Real Madrid fan but surely would have raised a glass in honour of Lago Junior and the fighting spirit of a team written off a relegation fodder before the season. Real Madrid, 5-0 winners on their most recent trip to the island in 2012, were without several big names including Luka Modric, Gareth Bale, Toni Kroos and Eden Hazard, but could have no complaints as they failed to function.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Embattled Orion Real Estate receives buyout offerThe 2c per share offer represents a 96.5% discount to the company's share price when it was suspended in November 2018
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »
Source: Channel24 - 🏆 48. / 51 Read more »
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »
Former Proteas batsman Gulam Bodi sentenced to five years in jailGulam Bodi, who played three limited-overs internationals for South Africa, was sentenced to five years in jail on Friday after pleading guilty to eight charges of corruption. When will the same happen to Zuma and his cadres? Yho Yho Yho 😳😳😳 What did he do ? Match fixing?
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »