Football: Malaga draw at home to Mallorca

The stalemate at the Rosaleda meant Malaga missed the chance to join Rayo Vallecano on six points.

MADRID: Malaga maintained their unbeaten start to the season when teenager Juanmi came off the bench to rescue a 1-1 draw at home to Real Mallorca. The stalemate at the Rosaleda meant Malaga, who had Eliseu sent off late, missed the chance to join Rayo Vallecano on six points at the top of the standings after the Madrid club won 2-1 at Real Betis in the earlier kickoff. Rayo’s Brazilian-born teenager Leo, who turns 20 on Sunday, drove home the winner half an hour from time in Seville having set up Piti to score in the second minute before Jorge Molina levelled for Betis two minutes later.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 27^th, 2012.