Spanish giant Real Madrid have regained the top position by defeating Mallorca at Santiago Bernabeu. Today, the Los Blancos welcomed Mallorca at their home ground, where Real Madrid scored four goals to defeat the visitors. The victory moved Real Madrid to the top of the table with 15 points. However, Real Madrid are the only team to keep a 100% winning record in La Liga after five matches.
As it happened
Madrid’s manager Carlo Ancelotti had to make a crucial decision for this match. Several key players are above 30 and couldn’t play every game. Karim Benzema has already been injured. Due to an injury, Karim Benzema was unable to play in the last two matches. He also missed today’s clash against Mallorca. However, the manager played Eden Hazard instead of Benzema. The manager also benched Luka Modric to ensure his enough rest.
Carlo Ancelotti played Real Madrid in his classic 4-3-3 formation. Meanwhile, Mallorca’s boss set up the team formation with 5-3-2. They were more focused on defense.
However, Real Madrid tried to dominate from the beginning of the match. Real Madrid, the home team, got tremendous support from the gallery. But the visiting team stunned the gallery as they scored a brilliant goal in the 35th minute. Conceding the goal, the home team became desperate to find the equalizer. But they had to wait until the last moment of the first half to level the scoreline. Midfielder Federico Valverde scored that goal just before the half-time whistle.
Coming back from the interval. Real Madrid played relatively better than in the first half. As a result, Real Madrid took the lead in the 72nd minute as Vinicius Junior beat the Mallorca goalkeeper. He got that goal with Rodrygo’s assist. In addition, Vinicius has scored in all the five matches Real Madrid have played with this goal.
Anyway, Real Madrid scored two more goals just before full-time. Rodrygo, who assisted in the 2nd goal, found the net in the 89th minute. The second one came in injury time as defender Antonio Rudiger scored his first goal for Real Madrid. Therefore, Real Madrid won their fifth straight game in La Liga.