At the end of the night, at the end of the effort and a cascade of injuries, a unrecognizable Real Madrid has snatched an unexpected victory (2-1) against a valiant team of Mallorca. The evening hero? A kid from the Cantera, Jacobo Ramón, author of the victory goal in the 95th minute. A success that does not change much to the fate of this liga, if not to delay at least 24 hours the announced and deserved coronation of Barça. Not really something to boast about a merengue team that came close to the correctional.
Real decimated stops on a wall named Román
With an infirmary worthy of a country hospital (Vinicius, Rodrygo, Brahim, Lunin all absent) and only nine professional players on the match sheet, Carlo Ancelotti had to tinker with an eleven of fortune, launching young Jacobo and Gonzalo Garcia in the deep end. And the catastrophic scenario was quick: on its real occasion of the first act, Mallorca opened the scoring by its defender Valjent, with a head that surprised Courtois. Stupor at Bernabéu. Real, with Modrić and Valverde trying to ring the revolt, then launched himself to attack the opposing goal, but found on his way a Leo Román in a state of grace. The porter Baléare has multiplied the parades, disgusting Arda Güler, Endrick, Bellingham, then Mbappé twice. A real wall.
Real is miraculously doing it thanks to Jacobo (2-1)
Mbappé rings the revolt
It was not until the return of the locker room and a luminous pass from the unusable Modrić for Kylian Mbappé, a dry strike from the right, finally finds the fault and put the two teams tied. Hope was reborn, timidly. Because despite an overwhelming territorial domination, the Real continued to come up on a heroic Mallorcan block and a Leo Román still as imperial. Corners multiplied, attempts too, but the opposing goalkeeper seemed invincible, sometimes helped by one of his defenders saving on the line.
Jacobo, the improbable hero
Time was rushing down, and the spectrum of the draw, synonymous with title for Barça, was becoming more and more precise. Real pushed, without much conviction sometimes, until this famous 95th minute. On a final tank thrown into the box, after a desperate climb of courtes on a previous corner, Jesús Vallejo, who came into play, deviated from the head. And there, emerging at the second post, the young Jacobo Ramón, with unshakable faith, managed to tackle the ball at the bottom of the nets in front of an opponent. The Bernabéu exulted, more by relief than by true triumphant joy.
A stay, and nothing more
This uprooted victory, obtained with the guts and thanks to a “youngster” out of the hat, therefore allows the Real Madrid to save what could be and to repel, for a few hours, the coronation of Barça. The Merengues showed heart in the face of adversity and the injury waterfall. But that it was slow, that it was laborious! This Real has certainly not displayed the face of a future ex-champion or even a serene dolphin. A simple stay before the inevitable.
