Mallorca's historical rival, Atlético Baleares, has finished 4th in their group of the 3rd level, meaning that they will be in the promotion playoffs. They've done so sneakily, after spending the whole season in the middle of the table. They have an amazing team for the third level, but their terrible manager was holding them back, and it asn't until they sacked him two months ago that they skyrocketed and played at their expected potential.
The germans here might be interested to know that the fired manager was Christian Ziege. He was such a good LB back in the day, but I have to say he is garbage as a manager. He spent 2 seasons with what is possibly the best team out of the 4 groups of the 3rd levels and yet he not only failed to promote, but also made the team finish in the middle of the table. The only reason he wasn't fired earlier is because he's personal friends with fellow countryman club president Ingo Volckmann. Seriously, he did a terrible job and had more than enough time, money and backing to do way better... the moment he was finally sacked the team took off.
But to the point now. Under normal circumstances I would be totally ok with Atlético Baleares promoting to Segunda. It would be very nice to see the city of Palma to have a derby after over 30 years without one. Even though Mallorca was always the bigger club (Baleares has never played in Primera) there have been times when the difference wasn't big and this rivalry used to be really heated until the early 80s when Mallorca completely took off and returned to Primera and Baleares sunk in the 3rd, 4th and even 5th level. But the bad thing is that if Mallorca relegates and Baleares promotes, it would be a huge humiliation for us. Even in our darkest times in the 3rd level and the two seasons we spent in the 4th level (only time we ever hit that low), we've always been at least in the same division above them... being below them would be awful. We don't really care about them, but they really hate us and would constantly remind us and troll us about them being "the number one club in the island" every day. Don't want to go through that bullshit

So, I'd be happy if we could have a derby in Segunda next season... but if we relegate then I hope Baleares fails in their promotion. In any case, let's just not fuck up, so we can stay in Segunda and not worry about this
