Vinicius Jr on the ground, like Real Madrid in Mallorca. JUAN MEDINA / PANORAMIC
Madrid, beaten 1-0 in Mallorca, offer the possibility to Barcelona to fly in the standings.
Real let Barcelona slip away. Beaten by Mallorca 1-0, Carlo Ancelotti’s men did a very bad job in the standings. After losing Thibaut Courtois, touched in the warm-up, they were quickly led to the score following an own goal from Nacho Fernandez (13 ‘). Mallorca pulled off the perfect shot, only rarely being bothered by a clueless Real Madrid. It must be said that in 90 minutes, Real has not framed a single strike in the current game. Without Karim Benzema the Merengue attack is struggling.
However, Real could have come back to the score on the hour mark after a penalty obtained by Vinicius. But Marco Asensio saw his strike repelled by Predrag Rajkovic, the Mallorcan goalkeeper. Mallorca did not offer much either but had the merit of showing solidarity in defense not to concede any opportunity. Hampered by the four Majorcan midfielders and by numerous faults (10 yellow cards distributed), Real never managed to put their game in place. Vinicius, very discreet, did not hide his dissatisfaction with several gestures of humor and even inherited a yellow card.
Before leaving for the Emirates to compete in the Club World Cup, the people of Madrid still leave points on the way and could see Barcelona take off in La Liga, in the event of victory against Sevilla this Sunday evening (9:00 p.m.).