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5-1 (45', 66' and 68', 56', 59'; 83' from 11 meters)
In the match that just ended a few minutes ago, the players of "Valencia" who are in second place in the Spanish championship crushed the players of "Mallorca" who fell to 17th place after this round by a score of 5-1, reducing the gap from the leaders who lost to "Athletic Bilbao" 4-2 yesterday to just 1 point.
"Valencia" pressed their opponents from the beginning of the match, and at the end of the first half, in the 45th minute, after a high pass from Curro Torres from the right corner of the penalty area towards the far post, the top scorer of "Valencia", Mista, headed the ball past Leo Franco and put his team ahead. In the 56th minute, the Spanish national team player Ruben Baraja doubled the score. Just three minutes later, the score became 3-0 after a precise shot by Angulo. Despite already having the victory in their hands, "Valencia" did not stop attacking - in the 66th minute, after an excellent pass from Vicente from the left, Mista sent the ball into the net from about 5 meters distance, and just 2 minutes later, after a pass from Angulo, he scored the fifth goal of the match with a header from 11 meters distance, completing a so-called "hat-trick". This was Mista's 17th goal of the season, and now he shares second place with Salva Ballesta in the list of the top scorers in the Spanish championship. "Mallorca" scored a consolation goal in the 83rd minute. It was a penalty kick scored by Cameroonian Samuel Eto'o, marking his 11th goal of the season.
