Real Madrid retreat to Mallorca

He real Madrid The defense of the league title won last season started with a defeat in Mallorca. The group of Mbappe and company that looks like it will walk in LaLiga, has shown that it is not necessarily an invincible team. He Majorca, With Arrasate making his debut on the bench, he showed everyone that Real Madrid are not as scary as some have painted them.

Ancelotti He decided that for the first match in the League, it would be best to repeat the eleven from the European Super Cup. No surprise, because that’s what everyone expected. Opposite, Arrasate’s Mallorca, more upright than Javier Aguirre and it showed from the opening whistle. The home team trapped Real Madrid in their area and had two more chances to score, including one with a fine save by Courtois. Mallorca’s dominance lasted for the first five minutes. untiland Mbappé He took the ball and went straight to the opposing goal. The Frenchman showed all his potential and even though the game ended in nothing, although some Madrid fans demanded a penalty, the truth is that it changed the match.

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After that action of Mbappé, the Majorca He was no longer very cheerful in attack, he took a step back and Real Madrid took advantage of that to go from dominated to dominator. Vinicius, continued to whistle Son Moix standing, appeared next Rodrygo, Bellingham and Mbappé. The entire white offensive arsenal was put into action and the combination of four players finished 0-1 Rodrygo in the 13th minute Bellingham started the play, Mbappé continued, Vinicius, as a spur, gave a pass to Rodrygo looking for space to shoot and score.

That did nothing but prove R’s excellenceReal Madrid vs Mallorca which became increasingly difficult to reappear in the place of Courtois. And when he did, he collided with the white defense and the Belgian goalkeeper, who even made his mistake into a brilliant save. Real Madrid, for its part, continued to do so, combining quick, direct play with long, touch plays and thus increased chances. The white team was in control of the match, but it didn’t show on the scoreboard with another goal. That was fuel for Mallorca who late in the first action pushed in search of a tie before the break. He did not succeed and ended the first half with a 0-1 white victory.

The second act started with the white team in charge, but it was Mallorca who scored. Corner kick taken by Dani Rodríguez on the head of Muriqi qwho beat Courtoi to make the score 1-1. It all started again in Son Moix, but now, with Mallorca revived by a draw. Real Madrid, for its part, suffered from the quick play of the locals because defensively, the top three were not there or expected. All this, under the watchful eye of an Ancelotti who realized what was happening and told his people, but it was clear that those affected, except for Rodrygo, especially noticed, and also not much.

The Italian solution is to remove Tchouaméni to put on Modricis in charge of putting the ‘glue’ that will bring a broken team back together. Mallorca, for its part, continued to do so, defending well and finding Courtois with direct football. Real Madrid have improved quite a bit with Modric and co Mbappe being the leader of the white attack. Arrasate, for its part, refreshed the vermilion team to try to reach the final stage of the match well.

Brahim, Arda and Lucas They are Ancelotti’s last bullets to find the path to success. A path that, by the way, Mallorca is close to finding. The white attempts ended in nothing and the rivalry ended in a tie which was a complete failure for Real Madrid and which ended with a direct red card to Mendy in the last play.