Tchouaméni’s bomb decided, Real Madrid took the Mallorca fortress

Carlo Ancelotti’s starting team spectacularly indicated that Real Madrid is trying to rest its most important players for Wednesday’s BL quarter-final against Manchester City. Six regular players (Lunyin, Rüdiger, Valverde, Mendy, Bellingham and Tchouaméni) were also there against Mallorca at the moment of the starting whistle – let’s say, it is important to add that the French filter will miss that clash in Manchester anyway due to suspension.

On the other side, Javier Aguirre – as expected – “parked the bus” against the Royal Guard, focusing on counterattacks and set pieces. After the rather uneventful first 30 minutes, we saw some football: first Lunyin had to get to Raíllo’s header, then Bellingham hit the crossbar. However, both sides fired all their shots in the first 45 minutes, so the teams ended without a goal.

It was barely two minutes after the break when the ice was broken: Aurélien Tchouaméni He attempted a shot from 25 meters, and the ball hit a defender on the leg and hit the left side of the goal defenselessly. Less than ten minutes later, Brahim tricked his way into the post, but he couldn’t outwit Rajkovics. The attacker, who recently made his debut in the Moroccan national team, in the 62nd minute brought the pressure on the Madrid crowd, this time he could not send Modric’s pass into the goal. On the other side, substitute Abdón could have equalized, but Nacho was able to step into his close shot.

The match did not slow down in the continuation, first Valverde’s shot was saved from the goal line by the home team, then Lunyin parried Darder’s bomb from the top right corner. In the last quarter of an hour, the pace of the match dropped, but in the last seconds of added time, the bullet whizzed past the ears of the Madrid team: Lunyin came to a long pass, but after colliding with Muriqi, the ball fell out of his hands, and then the Kosovar center shot near the empty goal, and since the the referee did not see any foul play in the case, it can be said that Muriqi was responsible for the equalizer.

So, Real Madrid – as only the fourth team this season – was able to win in Son Moix, which is considered a difficult field, and even in the worst case, they head into the Clásico next weekend with an eight-point lead. 0–1

SPANISH LA LIGA
ROUND 31
Mallorca-Real Madrid 0-1 (Tchouaméni 48.)
Earlier
Atlético Madrid–Girona 3–1 (Griezmann 34th, 50th – the first from 11, Correa 45th + 6th, or Dovbik 4th)
Rayo Vallecano–Getafe 0–0
Later
21.00: Cadiz–Barcelona (Tv: Player2)

THEY PLAY ON SUNDAYS
14.00: Las Palmas–Seville (Tv: Player2)
16.15: Granada–Alavés (Tv: Player2)
18.30: Athletic Bilbao–Villarreal (Tv: Player2)
21.00: Real Sociedad–Almería (Tv: Player2)
THEY PLAYED ON FRIDAY
Real Betis–Celta Vigo 2–1 (J. Miranda 53., Fekir 83., ill. Strand Larsen 90+1.)

THE JOBMGyDVL–KGk P 1. Real Madrid31246167–20+47 78 2. Barcelona30207361–34+27 67 3. Girona31205663–39+24 65 4. Atlético Madrid31194859–36+23 61 5. Athletic Bilbao30168650–28+22 56 6. Real Sociedad301310743–31+12 49 7. Betis311112838–37+1 45 8. Valencia301281033–32+1 44 9. Getafe319121037–43–6 39 10. Health301161336–43–7 39 11. Villarreal301081248–53–5 38 12. Las Palmas301071329–33–4 37 13. Alavés30881426–36–10 32 14. Sevilla307101337–44–7 31 15. Mallorca316131225–36–11 31 16. Rayo Vallecano316131225–38–13 31 17. Celta Vigo316101533–46–13 28 18. Cádiz304131321–40–19 25 19. Granada30282030–60–30 14 20. Almería301101928–60–32 13