Real Mallorca Away

By Carys Baptist
March 23 2004

Despite going into the second leg with a 4-1 win against the Spanish side at home – it is vital that Newcastle United do not let their defences down and concede stupid goals.

Winning will be the main aim when NUFC play Real Mallorca "We need a good referee because they're going to lay into us," said Sir Bobby Robson

"It's going to be tough. The players are going to have to be disciplined and not get involved in their shenanigans of, not violent play, but semi-violent play…. They'll wind us up, tackle us hard and knock us over."

And with Dirty play comes injury – we all need to hope that we don’t get any more serious injuries from our star players otherwise we may struggle towards the end of the season.

Mallorca will also be playing to win following their heavy defeat against Valencia in their own league at the weekend, which finished 5-1

Valencia started their goals in the 24th minute and wrapped it up in the 69th minute with Mallorca’s Eto earning a consolation goal in the 83rd minute.

For Mallorca to win they need at least a 3-0 win