Two victories from three visits to Mallorca with Guardiola as manager

Pep Guardiola has lost once and won twice against Mallorca at the Iberostar Mallorca received Barça with an honour guard in the 2008/09 season after the Azulgrana side clinched the title the night before The Barça manager will take his team to Mallorca for the fourth time he took charge of the Barça bench in 2008/09. In total, the team under Josep Guardiola have won twice and lost once in the Balearic Islands. Honour guard from Mallorca The first year as manager, Guardiola lost at the Iberostar by 2-1. Before kickoff, however, Mallorca received Barça, La Liga champions, with an honour guard, due to Madrid’s defeat at the hands of Villarreal the previous day. For this reason, Guardiola sent out reserve-side players like Oier and Xavi Torres, and he reserved first-team players, with the exception of Alves, Abidal and Eto’o, who was fighting for the Pichichi award. After an early goal from Eto’o on 10 minutes, Arango and Santana both netted to give Mallorca the three points. Eto’o had one last chance to level for Barça on 93 minutes, but the penalty that Iturralde González called, but his shot was saved. Two last visits, two wins In the next season, 2009/10, Barça won by 0-1, taking three points that allowed Guardiola’s team to claim the top of the table. The goal, which came in the second half, was scored by Ibrahimovic. Last year the Azulgranas brushed Mallorca aside with a 0-3. In that hame, Barça was very effective, seeing that of their four shots on goal, three of them went in. The protagonists of the night were Messi, Villa and Pedro. It was Guardiola’s second victory at the Iberostar.