Real Madrid 1-0 Mallorca (Apr 13, 2024) Game Analysis

Aurelien Tchouameni struck early within the second half to offer Actual Madrid a 1-0 win away at Mallorca in LaLiga on Saturday as they rested key gamers forward of their Champions League quarterfinal in opposition to Manchester Metropolis.

The win lifted Madrid to 78 factors, eight factors forward of bitter rivals Barcelona, whom they host in an El Clasico match on the Bernabeu subsequent weekend.

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“We’re conscious of the place we’re on this second in LaLiga, within the Champions League, every sport is sort of a remaining,” Madrid supervisor Carlo Ancelotti stated in his post-match information convention.

“Having that benefit is essential forward of Sunday’s sport [the Clasico] and that as our goal. I am very completely happy, profitable right here is all the time tough. Within the second half we performed at a really excessive stage.”

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Tchouameni scored within the forty eighth minute with a thunderous shot from outdoors the penalty space that took a deflection in off a defender to depart the goalkeeper lunging at skinny air.

Copa del Rey runners-up Mallorca are fifteenth within the LaLiga standings on 31 factors, six away from the relegation zone.

He used Saturday’s match at Mallorca not solely to relaxation key gamers resembling Vinícius Júnior, Rodrygo and Toni Kroos, but additionally handy begins to Nacho and Antonio Rüdiger. Tchouameni is suspended for the Metropolis conflict.

Nacho and Rüdiger seemed strong in opposition to Mallorca in a match Madrid ought to have gained by a much bigger margin.

“I have never rested the gamers for bodily causes, all of the staff is okay, solely Rodrygo had a knock and wasn’t 100% however the remaining have been nice,” Ancelotti added.

“Brahim [Díaz] performed a spectacular sport, Lucas Vázquez, Luka Modric did very properly. Bodily the staff is okay. We’ll win on Wednesday with our perspective, not due to our bodily situation.”

Jude Bellingham had the perfect probability in a dour first half when his shot bounced off the crossbar.

After Tchouameni scored, Madrid wasted a number of possibilities to increase their lead, which included Díaz lacking a sitter from shut vary.

Ancelotti equaled Zinedine Zidane with 183 league video games coached for Madrid, second solely to Miguel Muñoz’s file 424 league video games.

“The staff has been very constant, what we have completed is be constant and really strong, we’ve not all the time performed properly however the staff has all the time competed in each sport,” Ancelotti added.

“All people talks about particular person high quality, which is true, we’ve a squad with plenty of high quality, however the extra high quality you’ve got, the more durable it’s to seek out dedication.”

Info from ESPN’s Alex Kirkland, Reuters and The Related Press contributed to this report.