Madrid deals another blow to LaLiga but pays an expensive toll

The Real Madrid took another step towards the title with a hard-fought victory in Mallorca thanks again to vinicius and Benzema, who emerged in the second half to put an end to the resistance of their brave rival scoring all three goals. Ancelotti’s team knew how to change the chip after the ecstasy experienced against PSG to take three key points that shoot them into the lead but paid a very high toll in exchange for the Classic: Rodrygo, Mendy and Benzema they left injured. Depending on the scope, the problem can be morrocotudo for the Madrid.

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Carlo Ancelotti chose to give rest to Modric and Carvajal after the demanding battle against the PSG and awarded to Rodrygokey in the comeback, to take the place in the eleven of a run-down Asensio. casemiro and Mendysanctioned against PSG and warned for the Clásico, were in the game in Mallorca as was Nacho, the starter due to Militao’s last-minute withdrawal due to the flu.

Luis Garcia Plaza He tried to make his team strong in a granite 4-4-2, with the lines very close both in the pressure and in the withdrawal to choke the circulation of the Madrid and prevent Kroos and Benzema come into contact with the ball. Taking advantage of the qualifying urgencies of the Mallorcathe leader did not take long to find the first crack in the vermilion defense on the counterattack and only Rico avoided the 0-1 of Benzema after a great pass to the space of vinicius (5’)

The match was picking up temperature as the minutes passed because both teams proposed a high pace and never made concessions. casemiro the yellow card was played in an entry that would have prevented him from being in the Clásico and shortly after it was Maffeo the one who flirted with the expulsion with a very dangerous entrance to vinicius at knee height. Sanchez Martinez he signaled a throw-in and from the VAR they gave no signs of life to the despair of the Brazilian, who took the yellow card for confronting his marker.

The action opened the game wide and Mallorca, minutes later, wasted the clearest chance. Nacho saved in extremis a shot from Ángel to shoot Courtois but in the rebound Mendy made a mess by attempting a reckless dribble and Maffeo, with everything in his favour, crashed the ball into the post (35′).

The fright woke up a Madrid come down and under the guidance of Benzema, Ancelotti’s team began to have more presence in the area of Rico with Friends as the main stylet. The Brazilian, a whirlwind on the left, had the clearest but he pulled it off wonderfully Maffeo in a providential cut and the first half died without goals but with a somewhat improved Madrid.

Gallery

In the resumption appeared a Mallorca again with bone, aggressive without the ball and brave to go on an adventure in search of Courteous. The Madriduncomfortable again, found air in an error of Baba which was preceded by a possible lack of Valverde in the pressure. Sanchez Martinezindecipherable throughout the night in his decisions, did not point to anything and Benzema attended to vinicius for the Brazilian to make it 0-1 at 55′.

With the game red hot, Ancelotti took the alert out of the green casemiro already Valverde, cautioned in the first half. With camavinga As a pivot, Madrid was excessively disordered and lost the thread against a growing Mallorca that doubled its bet on pressure. Rail another red card was played in a hard tackle that KO’d Rodrygoimmediately replaced by Asensio.

With the party open like a melon, the connection between vinicius and Benzema re-emerged to extract oil and put the victory on track. The Brazilian put the Frenchman into orbit and the latter, upon reaching Rico’s area, returned the ball to score at will, but before that Oliván gave him a clear push. Penalty and Benzema, from eleven meters, did not forgive (77′).

The 0-2 was a definitive blow for the Mallorca and only five minutes later Benzema, in a state of grace after his exhibition at the Championsput the sentence with a great headbutt to the center of Marcelorelay of a Mendy with muscle problems. The ‘9’ of Madrid he felt something in his ankle and, in order not to force it, he withdrew as a precaution. Madrid, solvent but in pain, closed the contest with 10 players, 10 points behind Sevilla and with 10 match points to play.

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