Mallorca 0 - Atlético Madrid 4

Mallorca: Leo Franco; Cortés, Fernando Niño (Olaizola 57'), Nadal, Poli; Lozano, Paco Soler (Robles 79'); Campano, Ibagaza (Carlos 81'), Riera; Pandiani. 4-2-3-1.
Atlético: Esteban; Otero, García Calvo (Santi 67'), Hibic, Sergi; Albertini, Emerson; Contra (Movilla 55'), Correa (Jorge 64'), Luis García; Fernando Torres. 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Mallorca: Cortés, Paco Soler for Olaizola, Marcos / Atlético: Esteban, Contra, Correa for Burgos, Aguilera, Javi Moreno.

Goals:
0-1. 09. Fernando Torres (penalty). After Contra brought down by Poli.
0-2. 43. Correa. Made space and shot across keeper.
0-3. 52. Fernando Torres. Ran on to Albertini through ball to shoot wide of keeper.
0-4. 67. Jorge. Controlled ball following corner and shot through crowd of players.

Atlético Madrid recorded their first win since their return to the top flight, and they did it in style with a 0-4 victory against a poor Mallorca. After two defeats in a row Gregorio Manzano left out Olaizola and Marcos to try and shore up the defence, but they still found themselves behind early on when Poli brought down Contra on the edge of the area after Nadal gave the ball away, Fernando Torres converting the resulting penalty.

With his defence at sixes and sevens, Mallorca's Leo Franco was left to stop the Atlético attacks by himself, and the young keeper saved efforts from Correa and Contra. At the other end Esteban was making his debut thanks to an injury to first choice keeper Mono Burgos, and he too produced some fine saves, in particular from Ibagaza. However the best chance fell to Pandiani, who somehow shot over the bar from a yard out.

With the game approaching half time Leo Franco made another important save from Fernando Torres, turning his shot away for a corner. However Correa made himself space as the ball was played in and scored Atlético's second. Fernando Torres added a third after the restart, running on to an excellent through ball from Albertini, and new signing Jorge came on to fire a fourth goal within three minutes of making his debut, which had been delayed due to financial problems at his old club Las Palmas.

Mallorca were in disarray, and Manzano upset the crowd when he replaced Ibagaza near the end. Leo Franco denied Torres his hat-trick in the dying minutes, but Luis Aragonés didn't mind this time, the manager having made a satisfactory return to the ground where he had so much success two seasons ago. He was applauded by the crowd, which is more than can be said for his opposite number. Manzano's team are now bottom of the table, and the pressure is already on.