Actual Madrid warmed up for a pivotal week of their season with a hard-fought win over Mallorca in La Liga because of Aurelien Tchouameni’s long-range aim.
Actual face Manchester Metropolis within the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final subsequent Wednesday earlier than El Clasico with Barcelona every week on Sunday.
Tchouameni’s highly effective effort simply after half-time took a slight deflection earlier than it flew excessive into the online.
Actual are 11 factors above second-placed Barca who face Cadiz at 20:00 BST.
With one eye on their journey to the Etihad, Actual boss Carlo Ancelotti took the chance to relaxation and rotate gamers.
Dani Carvajal, Eduardo Camavinga, Toni Kroos and Vinicius Junior – who all began in Actual’s 3-3 draw in opposition to Man Metropolis on the Bernanbeu – had been all named among the many substitutes.
The outcome was a barely scrappy efficiency as Mallorca, overwhelmed by Athletic Bilbao within the last of the Copa del Rey final weekend, made life tough for Los Blancos.
The competition was settled by Tchouameni’s shot from 35 yards which skimmed off the leg of Manu Morlanes and gave Mallorca goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic no likelihood.
England midfielder Jude Bellingham performed 64 minutes for Actual earlier than he was withdrawn and, regardless of just a few late nerves, the La Liga leaders held on.
Line-ups
Mallorca
Formation 5-4-1
- 1Rajkovic
- 15MaffeoSubstituted forRadonjicat 78′minutes
- 20González
- 21RaílloBooked at 16mins
- 2Nastasic
- 3Latorre Grueso
- 18SánchezSubstituted forPratsat 59′minutes
- 8MorlanesSubstituted forMascarellat 59′minutes
- 12de Almeida CostaSubstituted forDarderat 59′minutes
- 14RodríguezSubstituted forLarinat 87′minutes
- 7MuriqiBooked at 82mins
Substitutes
- 5Mascarell
- 6Arias Copete
- 9Prats
- 10Darder
- 11Costa
- 13Greif
- 17Larin
- 19Llabrés
- 22Vidal
- 23Radonjic
- 24Valjent
- 25Cuéllar
Actual Madrid
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13LuninBooked at 85mins
- 17VázquezSubstituted forMilitãoat 90′minutes
- 22Rüdiger
- 6Nacho
- 23Mendy
- 18Tchouaméni
- 10ModricSubstituted forCarvajalat 86′minutes
- 15Valverde
- 5BellinghamSubstituted forCamavingaat 64′minutes
- 21DíazSubstituted 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
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Match ends, Mallorca 0, Actual Madrid 1.
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Second Half ends, Mallorca 0, Actual Madrid 1.
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Try missed. Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) left footed shot from the centre of the field misses to the left.
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Try saved. Vinícius Júnior (Actual Madrid) proper footed shot from the centre of the field is saved within the backside left nook. Assisted by Aurélien Tchouaméni.
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Eduardo Camavinga (Actual Madrid) wins a free kick within the attacking half.
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Foul by Sergi Darder (Mallorca).
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Nacho (Actual Madrid) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Foul by Antonio Raíllo (Mallorca).
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Substitution, Actual Madrid. Éder Militão replaces Lucas Vázquez.
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Offside, Actual Madrid. Vinícius Júnior is caught offside.
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Substitution, Mallorca. Cyle Larin replaces Dani Rodríguez.
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Substitution, Actual Madrid. Dani Carvajal replaces Luka Modric.
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Andriy Lunin (Actual Madrid) is proven the yellow card.
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Try saved. Joselu (Actual Madrid) header from the centre of the field is saved within the high centre of the aim. Assisted by Luka Modric.
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Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) is proven the yellow card.
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Eduardo Camavinga (Actual Madrid) wins a free kick within the attacking half.
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Foul by Antonio Raíllo (Mallorca).
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Try missed. Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) header from the centre of the field misses to the left. Assisted by Sergi Darder with a cross.
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Foul by Aurélien Tchouaméni (Actual Madrid).
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Dani Rodríguez (Mallorca) wins a free kick within the defensive half.