Real Madrid Stumbles In Mallorca

He real Madrid The defence of the league title won last season began with a stumble in Mallorca. The team Mbappé and company that seemed like it was going to stroll through LaLiga, showed that it is by no means an invincible team. Majorca, With Arrasate making his debut on the bench, he showed everyone that Real Madrid is not as fearsome as some have painted it.

Ancelotti The club decided that for the first league match, it was best to repeat the eleven from the European Super Cup. No surprises, because it was what everyone expected. In front of them, Arrasate’s Mallorca, more vertical than Javier Aguirre’s team and showed it from the opening whistle. The home team closed Real Madrid in on their area and even had two chances to score, one with a saving save from Courtois included. Mallorca’s dominance lasted the first five minutes. Untiland Mbappé He grabbed the ball and headed straight for the opponent’s goal. The Frenchman showed all his potential and although the play ended in nothing, even though some Madrid fans asked for a penalty, the truth is that it changed the match.

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After that action by Mbappé, the Majorca He was no longer so cheerful in attack, he took a step back and Real Madrid took advantage of that to go from being dominated to dominating. Vinicius, constantly booed by the Son Moix crowd, he appeared next to Rodrygo, Bellingham and Mbappé. The entire white offensive arsenal was put into action and a combination of those four players ended in the 0-1 of Rodrygo in the 13th minute. The play was started by Bellingham, continued by Mbappé, Vinicius, with his backheel, passed to Rodrygo who looked for the gap to shoot and score.

That goal did nothing but certify the R’s dominance.Real Madrid against Mallorca who was finding it increasingly difficult to reappear in the area Courtois. And when he did, he collided with the white defence and the Belgian goalkeeper, who even turned a mistake into a saving save. Real Madrid, for its part, continued with its game, combining fast, direct plays with long, touch-and-goal plays and thus continued to accumulate chances. The white team had control of the match, but it did not reflect this on the scoreboard with another goal. That was fuel for Mallorca, who in the final stretch of the first half pressed for the equaliser before the break. They did not manage it and the first half ended with the whites winning 0-1.

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The second half began with the white team in charge, but it was Mallorca who scored. A corner kick taken by Dani Rodríguez to the head of Muriqi qwho beat Courtois to make it 1-1. It all started again at Son Moix, but now with Mallorca revitalised by the draw. Real Madrid, for their part, suffered from the home side’s quick plays because defensively, the three up front were neither there nor expected. All of this, under the watchful eye of an Ancelotti who realised what was happening and told his men, but it seems that those affected, except for Rodrygo, took special notice, and not much.

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The Italian’s solution was to remove Tchouaméni to put to Modricthe one in charge of putting the ‘glue’ that would bring a broken team back together. Mallorca, for its part, continued with its game, defending well and looking for Courtois with direct football. Real Madrid improved somewhat with Modric and with Mbappé being the leader of the white attack. Arrasate, for his part, refreshed the vermilion team to try to arrive physically well for the final stretch of the match.

Brahim, Arda and Lucas These were Ancelotti’s last bullets to find the way to victory. A path that, by the way, Mallorca was close to finding. The Whites’ attempts came to nothing and the match ended in a draw that was a complete stumble for Real Madrid and which culminated in Mendy being shown a direct red card in the final play.