Published on Apr, 13 2024
Aurelien Tchouameni scored his third La Liga goal of the season to give Real Madrid victory over Mallorca
Real Madrid warmed up for a pivotal week in their season with a hard-fought win over Mallorca in La Liga thanks to Aurelien Tchouameni's long-range goal.
Real face Manchester City in the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final next Wednesday before El Clasico with Barcelona a week on Sunday.
Tchouameni's powerful effort just after half-time took a slight deflection before it flew high into the net.
Real are 11 points above second-placed Barca who face Cadiz at 20:00 BST.
With one eye on their trip to the Etihad, Real boss Carlo Ancelotti took the opportunity to rest and rotate players.
Dani Carvajal, Eduardo Camavinga, Toni Kroos and Vinicius Junior - who all started in Real's 3-3 draw against Man City at the Bernanbeu - were all named among the substitutes.
The result was a slightly scrappy performance as Mallorca, beaten by Athletic Bilbao in the final of the Copa del Rey last weekend, made life difficult for Los Blancos.
The contest was settled by Tchouameni's shot from 35 yards which skimmed off the leg of Manu Morlanes and gave Mallorca goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic no chance.
England midfielder Jude Bellingham played 64 minutes for Real before he was withdrawn and, despite a few late nerves, the La Liga leaders held on.
Formation 5-4-1
Formation 4-2-3-1
Match ends, Mallorca 0, Real Madrid 1.
Second Half ends, Mallorca 0, Real Madrid 1.
Attempt missed. Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aurélien Tchouaméni.
Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sergi Darder (Mallorca).
Nacho (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Antonio Raíllo (Mallorca).
Substitution, Real Madrid. Éder Militão replaces Lucas Vázquez.
Offside, Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior is caught offside.
Substitution, Mallorca. Cyle Larin replaces Dani Rodríguez.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Carvajal replaces Luka Modric.
Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt saved. Joselu (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Luka Modric.
Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Antonio Raíllo (Mallorca).
Attempt missed. Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sergi Darder with a cross.
Foul by Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid).
Dani Rodríguez (Mallorca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.La
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