Tomer Hemed nets equalizer for Mallorca

Tomer Hemed nets equalizer for Mallorca

Published Dec. 7, 2011 12:00 a.m. ET

Substitute Tomer Hemed scored a penalty to earn Real Mallorca a 2-2 draw in their rearranged Primera Division clash against Granada at the Estadio Los Carmenes.

Granada were just 30 minutes away from recording their fifth victory of the Primera Division season during the original match on November 20 when it was abandoned after a linesman was accidentally struck by an umbrella in the 63rd minute.

The visitors had taken the lead through Victor Casadesus, but Granada, who started the game second from bottom, fought back to take the lead with goals from Guilherme Siqueira and Carlos Martins.

However, the game was abandoned when linesman Aguilar Rodriguez, who was lining up for a Mallorca corner, was hit by an umbrella thrown from the crowd which bloodied his cheek.

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It appeared to have been thrown by the home fans, who minutes earlier had been celebrating their side turning a 1-0 deficit into a 2-1 advantage.

As a result, referee Clos Gomez had no hesitation in leaving the field and taking his assistants, Rodriguez and Marco Martinez, with him, abandoning the game not long after.

The remaining 30 minutes of the match were played on Wednesday night and Mallorca soon equalised when they were awarded a penalty after just two minutes - the 65th minute.overall.

Granada defender Inigo Lopez fouled substitute striker Hemed, who had replaced Alfaro at the beginning of tonight's restart, to give away a spot-kick.

Hemed stepped up and fired the ball into the bottom-left corner to beat Granada goalkeeper Roberto and pull his side level.

Lopez almost redeemed himself with five minutes left on the clock when his header from the middle of the area was caught by Dudu Aouate.

Granada striker Franco Jara then blasted a long-range shot over the bar in injury time as the Andalucian side's hopes of claiming their fifth league win of the season ended.
 

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