Ibiza saw off Guadalajara 28-30 in a club friendly on Friday. The match took place on August 15th and finished with the visitors taking the points. And here's the thing — it was a tight affair from start to finish.
Guadalajara's run of form going into this game tells its own story. They had lost all five of their previous matches. Three of those defeats came by eight goals or more, including a heavy 24-38 hammering by Barcelona back in May.
To be fair, this time around they kept it closer than expected. The final scoreline of 28-30 suggests Ibiza were just about the better side, but there was never much between them. By then you'd expect a team on a losing streak to be looking for some momentum.
What this friendly tells us is that Guadalajara are still searching for answers. Five losses in a row is a run no club wants. Even in a game where results don't count, the pattern doesn't shift.
Ibiza, meanwhile, collected a victory without the pressure of a real competitive fixture weighing on them. The score tells you everything you need to know — a narrow win, nothing more, nothing less.