Namun demikian, dari tujuh kesempatan emas yang ada, dua dari kesempatan tersebut diciptakan pemain Argentina Javier Saviola dan Ruud van Nistelrooy, mereka tidak mampu menggoyahkan pertahanan Mallorca dan harus menunggu musim berikutnya untuk mengakhiri paceklik gelar dari kompetisi itu sejak 1993.
However, despite going close on seven occasions, two of those opportunities falling to Argentinian Javier Saviola and the final one to his half-time replacement Ruud van Nistelrooy they were unable to crack the Mallorca defence and will have to wait another season to see if they can end their drought in the competition which goes back to 1993.