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England midfielder Jude Bellingham played 64 minutes for Real before he was withdrawn and, despite a few late nerves, the La Liga leaders held on.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
Mallorca
Formation 5-4-1
- 1Rajkovic
- 15MaffeoSubstituted forRadonjicat 78′minutes
- 20González
- 21RaÃlloBooked at 16mins
- 2Nastasic
- 3Latorre Grueso
- 18SánchezSubstituted forPratsat 59′minutes
- 8MorlanesSubstituted forMascarellat 59′minutes
- 12de Almeida CostaSubstituted forDarderat 59′minutes
- 14RodrÃguezSubstituted forLarinat 87′minutes
- 7MuriqiBooked at 82mins
Substitutes
- 5Mascarell
- 6Arias Copete
- 9Prats
- 10Darder
- 11Costa
- 13Greif
- 17Larin
- 19Llabrés
- 22Vidal
- 23Radonjic
- 24Valjent
- 25Cuéllar
Real 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
- 21DÃazSubstituted forVinÃcius Júniorat 63′minutes
- 14Joselu
Substitutes
- 2Carvajal
- 3Militão
- 7VinÃcius Júnior
- 8Kroos
- 11Rodrygo
- 12Camavinga
- 19Ceballos
- 20GarcÃa
- 24Güler
- 25Arrizabalaga Revuelta
- 39de Luis
- Referee:
- José MarÃa Sánchez MartÃnez
- Attendance:
- 23,244
Live Text
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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. VinÃcius 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 RaÃllo (Mallorca).
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Substitution, Real Madrid. Éder Militão replaces Lucas Vázquez.
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Offside, Real Madrid. VinÃcius Júnior is caught offside.
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Substitution, Mallorca. Cyle Larin replaces Dani RodrÃguez.
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Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Carvajal replaces Luka Modric.
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Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
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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.
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Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) is shown the yellow card.
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Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Antonio RaÃllo (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 RodrÃguez (Mallorca) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
