Defending champions Actual Madrid come from behind to beat Mallorca and maintain La Liga title defence alive.
Jacobo Ramon scored deep into stoppage time as Actual Madrid rallied to beat Mallorca 2-1 and delay Barcelona’s title celebration.
Madrid wanted the victory on Wednesday to maintain Barcelona from clinching its twenty eighth league title with out profitable one other match. The Catalan membership stays 4 factors forward and may nonetheless elevate the trophy with a win at metropolis rival Espanyol on Thursday.
Mallorca took the lead with a purpose by Martin Valjent within the eleventh minute and stayed forward till Kylian Mbappe beat a few defenders to equalise within the 68th.
Ramon netted the go-ahead purpose from inside the world 5 minutes into harm time, stopping Barcelona from profitable the title, for now.
Mbappe remains to be within the race to be the league’s main scorer, arriving for Wednesday’s match with 27 targets, two greater than Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski. Mbappe had a hat-trick within the loss to Barcelona on Sunday.
Barcelona just about secured the title by coming from behind to beat Madrid 4-3 in Barcelona within the final “Clasico” of the season on Sunday. Madrid misplaced all 4 matches in opposition to Barcelona this season, being outscored 16-7. It was the primary time Barcelona received each “Clasico” in a season that had no less than three matches between the rivals.
Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti acquired a largely detached response from the followers on the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Wednesday after taking up the Brazil job.
The Italian was introduced as Brazil’s new coach on Monday, and a few Madrid followers criticised the coach for negotiating with the five-time champions with the La Liga season nonetheless underneath means.
There have been no vital jeers or cheers when Ancelotti’s identify was introduced by the loudspeakers on the Bernabeu earlier than the match, with most followers applauding and saying his identify together with the announcer, following the custom on the stadium.
