Mallorca defeats Real Madrid and gives Barcelona the opportunity to move away at the top of the Spanish League

Real Madrid received a new loss by defeating its host, Real Mallorca, and gave the opportunity to its arch-rivals Barcelona to move away at the top of the Spanish Football League, “La Liga”.

And within the matches of the 20th stage of the League, the Royal Club traveled to face Mallorca, in light of the many absences in its ranks due to injury, led by the leader and center forward Karim Benzema and defender Eder Militao.

Real Madrid’s suffering was compounded by the injury of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois moments before the start of the match, and coach Carlo Ancelotti called for substitute goalkeeper Andrei Lunin to play the match.

Mallorca entered the match with the intention of achieving an early lead over Real Madrid, which was achieved in the 13th minute with a goal scored by defender Nacho Fernandez by mistake.

And in front of the defensive bloc of Mallorca, Real Madrid did not find a solution to return to the meeting, in light of the hasty and random performance of the team.

Marco Asensio wasted a penalty kick, which was awarded by the referee in the 60th minute, after blocking the Brazilian Vinicius Junior inside the area of operations.

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Real Madrid's hopes of retaining La Liga were dented as the champions fell to a 1-0 defeat at Real Mallorca.

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Ancelotti made 4 changes in the second half, and sought the help of experts such as Luka Modric and Toni Kroos, but the result did not change and the match ended with Real Madrid receiving the third loss in the current season in the Spanish League.

The royal club’s balance was frozen at 45 points, in second place, 5 points behind leaders Barcelona, ​​which could widen the difference to 8 points in the event of its victory later today, Sunday, against Seville.

For his part, Mallorca raised its score to 28 points in tenth place.

Real Madrid is preparing to travel to Morocco to compete in the Club World Cup, and it is scheduled to face Al-Ahly in the semi-finals next Wednesday.