The Merengue will be present in the final of the Spanish Super Cup. Real Madrid made an appointment with its rival FC Barcelona next Sunday by beating Mallorca on Thursday in Jeddah (3-0). Clearly dominating, the Carlo Ancelotti men ended up finding the fault through Jude Bellingham (62nd) then took off in the final moments on a csc from Martin Valjent (90th+2) and a goal from Rodrygo (90th+5). They will try to retain their title but also take revenge on the Blaugrana.
After playing and winning last Friday and then Monday, the Madrid stars still had energy and came into the match strong. They immediately called on the opposing goalkeeper Dominik Greif who had to repel a recovery from Lucas Vazquez, served by Kylian Mbappé (2nd), then a strike from Rodrygo (3rd). He also saw Mbappé place a difficult shot in the race above the target (8th). Real stifled their opponent who, however, resisted by showing solidarity in defense and increasingly coherent collectively.
Bellingham strikes again
Mallorca also almost hurt on the counter-attack with Cyle Larin who missed his header alone in the area from Thibaut Courtois (20th) before aiming poorly while trying to place a 20-meter axial recovery into the top corner of the Belgian goalkeeper (31st). ). Despite a recent expulsion from La Liga, Vinicius was more focused on his bickering with Pablo Maffeo. Contained by serious but not very dangerous Majorcans, the Merengue reached the break without scoring despite a total of 15 attempts.
Kylian Mbappé, very impactful during his match against Mallorca
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If Mallorca started the second half with desire and an off-target shot from Dani Rodriguez (47th), the pace clearly dropped. Aligned in central defense, Aurélien Tchouaméni came out after a head shock even though he seemed well recovered (55th). Technically superior and much sharper, Real Madrid ended up cracking the opposing wall thanks to the lucidity of Bellingham in the zone of truth after a triple opportunity with a header from Rodrygo on the post and a save from Greif in the face to Mbappé (1-0, 63rd).
-Quiet evening for Courtois
Author of a heroic shorthanded goal on the Valencia pitch in La Liga recently for an unexpected victory (1-2), Bellingham has 9 goals in total this season. It allowed his team to then control the debates without forcing themselves against Bermellones who lacked arguments and who ended the match without any shots on target.
Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) in the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup
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Jagoba Arrasate’s men, currently 6th in Liga, even cracked in added time with Valjent’s own goal by tackling in front of Mbappé (2-0, 90th+2) and that of Rodrygo at six meters on a cross from Lucas Vazquez (3-0, 90+5). Bellingham and the others were able to silence the Mallorcans at the final whistle. However, they will have less margin in the final against Barça who corrected them at the Bernabeu in the championship in October (0-4).
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