Bellamy shows Magpies the way
The 24-year-old, who was involved in a fracas with coach John Carver as the Magpies flew out to the Balearics on Tuesday, scored within a minute of being introduced as a second-half substitute to answer his critics in style.
Alan Shearer's 23rd goal of the season just after half-time had put the visitors firmly in the driving seat, but the Welshman made the tie safe before Shearer claimed his second of the game at the end as crisis club Mallorca wilted.
Newcastle headed for Palma knowing a place in the last eight was well within their grasp, and they turned in a thoroughly professional performance, in which Irish keeper Shay Given was again outstanding, to make the most of their first-leg advantage.
They might have claimed that invaluable goal twice within the opening nine minutes as first Laurent Robert and then Jermaine Jenas tested replacement keeper Miki.
Newcastle had few real scares in the opening stages, but they were served with a timely reminder the job was far from done on 13 minutes when Jesus Perera and Nene combined to set up Arnold Bruggink, who played under Robson at PSV, and he produced a superb one-handed save from Given with a curling effort.
From that point, Real started to get the bit between their teeth with midfield playmaker Marcos pulling the strings despite the best efforts of Jenas and Gary Speed, meanwhile Perera, Nene and Bruggink were all working well in attack.
Mallorca's momentum was interrupted within 37 seconds of the restart when Shearer seized upon an error by Miki to finally settle the tie. The keeper's scuffed clearance fell at the striker's feet 30 yards out and he took a controlling touch before thumping it into the empty-net.
But if the Spaniards were broken, they were not finished and three times in quick succession they went close to levelling on the night.
It took a solid 63rd-minute block by substitute Fernado Nino to deny Shearer a second and Darren Ambrose might have done better after cutting inside 19 minutes from time.
Jenas lifted a header over from a Speed cross as the tempo waned, but after Robson had sent on Hugo Viana and Bellamy for the closing minutes, the pair combined to increase their side's lead.
Viana won a challenge on the edge of his own penalty area and the Welshman, who had been on the field for less than a minute, sprinted away before chipping a shot over Miki.
Shearer added a third at the death, tapping home from Olivier Bernard's inch-perfect cross to rub salt into the Mallorca wounds.
: Miki, Lussenhoff, Poli, Ramis (Eto'o 52), Nagore, Nene, Toni Gonzalez (Nino 45), Marcos (Campano 38), Finidi, Bruggink, Perera.
: Given, Bramble, O'Brien (Taylor 81), Woodgate, Bernard, Ambrose, Speed (Bellamy 77), Jenas, Robert (Viana 66), Shearer, Ameobi.
: K Plautz (Austria).
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