Tchouameni strike gives Real Madrid scrappy win

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England midfielder Jude Bellingham played 64 minutes for Real before he was withdrawn and, despite a few late nerves, the La Liga leaders held on.

Line-ups
Match Stats
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Line-ups

Mallorca

Formation 5-4-1

1Rajkovic

15Maffeo, 20González, 21Raíllo, 2Nastasic, 3Latorre Grueso

18Sánchez, 8Morlanes, 12de Almeida, Costa14Rodríguez

7Muriqi

1Rajkovic
15Maffeo Substituted forRadonjicat 78'minutes
20González
21RaílloBooked at 16mins
2Nastasic
3Latorre Grueso
18Sánchez Substituted forPratsat 59'minutes
8Morlanes Substituted forMascarellat 59'minutes
12de Almeida Costa Substituted forDarderat 59'minutes
14Rodríguez Substituted forLarinat 86'minutes
7MuriqiBooked at 83mins

Substitutes

5Mascarell
6Arias Copete
9Prats
10Darder
11Costa
13Greif
17Larin
19Llabrés
22Vidal
23Radonjic
24Valjent
25Cuéllar

Real Madrid

Formation 4-2-3-1

13Lunin

17Vázquez, 22Rüdiger, 6Nacho, 23Mendy

18Tchouaméni, 10Modric

15Valverde, 5Bellingham, 21Díaz

14Joselu

13LuninBooked at 85mins
17Vázquez Substituted forMilitãoat 90'minutes
22Rüdiger
6Nacho
23Mendy
18Tchouaméni
10Modric Substituted forCarvajalat 86'minutes
15Valverde
5Bellingham Substituted forCamavingaat 64'minutes
21Díaz Substituted forVinícius Júniorat 63'minutes
14Joselu

Substitutes

2Carvajal
3Militão
7Vinícius Júnior
8Kroos
11Rodrygo
12Camavinga
19Ceballos
20García
24Güler
25Arrizabalaga Revuelta
39de Luis

Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez

Attendance: 23,244

Match Stats

Home Team: Mallorca

Away Team: Real Madrid

Possession

Home 44% Away 56%

Shots

Home 6 Away 16

Shots on Target

Home 2 Away 9

Corners

Home 4 Away 2

Fouls

Home18 Away7

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Match ends, Mallorca 0, Real Madrid 1.
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Second Half ends, Mallorca 0, Real Madrid 1.

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Attempt missed. Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
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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.
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Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Sergi Darder (Mallorca).
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Nacho (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Antonio Raíllo (Mallorca).
90'

Substitution

Substitution, Real Madrid. Éder Militão replaces Lucas Vázquez.
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Offside, Real Madrid. Vinícius Júnior is caught offside.
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Substitution

Substitution, Mallorca. Cyle Larin replaces Dani Rodríguez.
86'

Substitution

Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Carvajal replaces Luka Modric.
85'

Booking

Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
83'

Booking

Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) is shown the yellow card.
83'

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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.
82'

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Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Antonio Raíllo (Mallorca).
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Attempt missed. Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sergi Darder with a cross.
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Foul by Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid).
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Dani Rodríguez (Mallorca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.La