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New Indian Express
15-05-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Real Madrid beats Mallorca 2-1 in stoppage time, delays Barcelona's title win
MADRID: It was a matter of pride for Real Madrid. There is little hope of winning the Spanish league. But the last thing it wanted to do was hand Barcelona the title in advance. And it needed a goal deep into stoppage time to achieve its objective on Wednesday. Jacobo Ramón scored five minutes into injury time and Madrid rallied to beat Mallorca 2-1 and delay Barcelona's title celebrations. Madrid needed the victory to keep Barcelona from clinching its 28th league title in advance. The Catalan club remains four points ahead and can still lift the trophy with a win at city rival Espanyol on Thursday. Mallorca took the lead on Wednesday with a goal by Martin Valjent in the 11th minute and stayed ahead until Kylian Mbappé beat a couple of defenders to equalise in the 68th. Ramón netted the go-ahead go from inside the area five minutes into injury time to keep Barcelona from winning the title. Mbappé is still in the race to be the league's leading scorer and reached 28 goals, three more than Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski. Mbappé had a hat trick in Madrid's loss to Barcelona on Sunday, when the Catalan club virtually secured the title by coming from behind to win 4-3 in the last clasico of the season.
Express Tribune
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Real Madrid vs Mallorca 2-1: Madrid snatch late win, but Barca still leading title race
Real Madrid may have stolen a last-minute 2-1 win over Mallorca at the Santiago Bernabéu on Wednesday, but the result does little to change the inevitable – Barcelona are still firmly in control of the La Liga title race. With just two matches remaining, Madrid trail Barcelona by four points. The Catalans, who have three games left, need just one more win to mathematically seal the title. If Barça beat Espanyol on Thursday night, the race is over – no remontada this time. Jacobo Ramón, a 20-year-old centre-back, scored the winner in the 95th minute, moments after Kylian Mbappé had levelled the game in the 68th. Mallorca had earlier gone ahead through Martin Valjent, and Madrid looked lethargic and disjointed for much of the match – a recurring theme this season. Carlo Ancelotti's final weeks in charge have been clouded by injuries, tactical confusion, and a squad seemingly going through the motions. Madrid's late win brought short-lived joy to a half-full Bernabéu, but it's been a shambolic campaign by their own lofty standards. With Ancelotti set to depart and Xabi Alonso expected to take over, Real Madrid now face the task of rebuilding a squad that's lacked identity and consistency all season. For now, their fate rests in Barcelona's hands and that hand is firmly clutching the trophy.
Washington Post
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Real Madrid rallies to beat Mallorca 2-1 and delay Barcelona's title celebrations
MADRID — It was a matter of pride for Real Madrid. There is little hope of winning the Spanish league. But the last thing it wanted to do was hand Barcelona the title in advance. And it needed a goal deep into stoppage time to achieve its objective Wednesday. Jacobo Ramón scored five minutes into injury time and Madrid rallied to beat Mallorca 2-1 and delay Barcelona's title celebrations.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Real Madrid's last-gasp winner against Mallorca delays Barcelona title party
This may have done no more than delay the inevitable and no one truly believes in a miracle, but suddenly there was a roar, a release, some life at the Santiago Bernabéu. The day before, Carlo Ancelotti had talked about the many wonderful comebacks over his years at Real Madrid, moments he said would never be forgotten, and now here in his penultimate game in this stadium was another, 20-year-old centre-back Jacobo Ramón scoring with the last kick of the game to defeat Real Mallorca and keep the league title alive for another day at least. It came late, very late on a grey, wet Wednesday night in front of perhaps 30,000 empty seats. It came with a manager whose departure was announced two days earlier and a dozen players missing, at the end of an evening that had felt empty for a long time. And ultimately it probably doesn't mean much to Madrid. But it meant the world to Ramón and for a moment everyone could forget how this season has gone, the defender's strike in the 95th minute overturning Martin Valjent's opener after just 11 minutes. Advertisement Related: Ten transfer targets for Premier League clubs from across Europe That leaves Madrid four points behind Barcelona, with two games to play and Barça with three. It also, in truth, leaves Madrid where they were, just waiting for the end. If Barcelona win against Espanyol on Thursday night that will come within 24 little hours. The statements will follow immediately: Madrid will at last officially announce what the Brazilian Football Confederation already has – that Ancelotti is the leaving for the only job in world football bigger, as coach of the Seleção. Then they will confirm another open secret: that Xabi Alonso is his replacement. And then attention will turn elsewhere, or it would do if it hadn't already. The league may be mathematically alive, but it was effectively concluded when Barcelona won the clásico on Sunday. That made this a strange occasion; for much of the night, it had felt like what it was: a game too far, hearts no longer in it. In the end though there was at least rebellion, pride, Madrid racking up more than 30 shots, and a final explosion. There were still tickets on sale at kick-off, for the first time all season, hope abandoned. From some of those that came there were whistles when the teams were read out. They were timid, no full-scale protest. And not everyone was there. Dani Carvajal, Éder Militão and David Alaba have missed much of the season. Antonio Rüdiger, suspended after throwing ice at the referee in the dying seconds of their Copa del Rey final defeat by Barcelona, had surgery. Eduardo Camavinga had torn a muscle three days earlier. And then came what you could be forgiven for thinking was a serious outbreak of season's-over-itis. Advertisement Lucas Vázquez and Vinícius Júnior were injured in the clásico. Rodrygo, who didn't play a minute, walked out for training on Tuesday morning and then walked back in again. On the morning of this game, Andriy Lunin pulled out. In the afternoon, so too did Brahim Díaz. Aurélien Tchouaméni was suspended. Madrid were left with 10 first-team players, and one of those is the strange case of Jesús Vallejo, the footballer who has been on the bench for 43 games and on the pitch for one, disastrous, 10-minute cameo. Here, he got on again and even provided the assist at death. No one could ever have imagined that, although the night could have started well when Arda Guler sent Endrick running right through the middle after just two minutes. He reached the edge of the area but, falling as he struck the ball having been given a slight push in the back by José Copete, the shot was saved by Leo Román. That was to be a recurring theme, once Mallorca took the lead. Dani Ceballos was unable to cut out a pass from Mateu Morey on the right and Valjent swung his left foot to send the ball past Thibaut Courtois. Madrid's reaction was timid at first and although it did gather pace, the shot count rising and Román providing to be a formidable barrier. He made saves from Jude Bellingham, Luka Modric, Kylian Mbappé and Fede Valverde in the first half and carried on the same way in the second, resisting until there was only quarter of an hour left. Then Mbappé found a way through Morey and Valjent with a combination of elegance and strength, then hit a superb near-post finish to put Madrid level. The French forward had underlined once again one of the great contradictions of this campaign: this was his 28th league goal, his 40th in all competitions yet few would call it an unqualified success. He had at least given them a glimpse of hope on the night, the chances increasing, the saves too. Madrid kept coming, an occasion made of this. Román kept saving, Valjent cleared one off the line, Gonzalo García missed a clear chance at the far post and then there was Ramón to complete one last remontada for old times' sake.
The Guardian
14-05-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Real Madrid's last-gasp winner against Mallorca delays Barcelona title party
This may have done no more than delay the inevitable and no one truly believes in a miracle, but suddenly there was a roar, a release, some life at the Santiago Bernabéu. The day before, Carlo Ancelotti had talked about the many a wonderful comebacks over his years at Real Madrid, moments he said would never be forgotten, and now here in his penultimate game in this stadium was another, 20-year-old centre-back Jacobo Ramón scoring with the last kick of the game to defeat Real Mallorca and keep the league title alive for another day at least. It came late, very late on a grey, wet Wednesday night in front of perhaps 30,000 empty seats. It came with a manager whose departure was announced two days earlier and a dozen players missing, at the end of an evening that had felt empty for a long time. And ultimately it probably doesn't mean much to Madrid. But it meant the world to Ramón and for a moment everyone could forget how this season has gone, the defender's strike in the 95th minute overturning Martin Valjent's opener after just 11 minutes. That leaves Madrid four points behind Barcelona, with two games to play and Barça with three. It also, in truth, leaves Madrid where they were, just waiting for the end. If Barcelona win against Espanyol on Thursday night that will come within 24 little hours. The statements will follow immediately: Madrid will at last officially announce what the Brazilian Football Confederation already has – that Ancelotti is the leaving for the only job in world football bigger, as coach of the Seleção. Then they will confirm another open secret: that Xabi Alonso is his replacement. And then attention will turn elsewhere, or it would do if it hadn't already. The league may be mathematically alive, but it was effectively concluded when Barcelona won the clásico on Sunday. That made this a strange occasion; for much of the night, it had felt like what it was: a game too far, hearts no longer in it. In the end though there was at least rebellion, pride, Madrid racking up more than 30 shots, and a final explosion. There were still tickets on sale at kick-off, for the first time all season, hope abandoned. From some of those that came there were whistles when the teams were read out. They were timid, no full-scale protest. And not everyone was there. Dani Carvajal, Éder Militão and David Alaba have missed much of the season. Antonio Rüdiger, suspended after throwing ice at the referee in the dying seconds of their Copa del Rey final defeat by Barcelona, had surgery. Eduardo Camavinga had torn a muscle three days earlier. And then came what you could be forgiven for thinking was a serious outbreak of season's-over-itis. Lucas Vázquez and Vinícius Júnior were injured in the clásico. Rodrygo, who didn't play a minute, walked out for training on Tuesday morning and then walked back in again. On the morning of this game, Andriy Lunin pulled out. In the afternoon, so too did Brahim Díaz. Aurélien Tchouaméni was suspended. Madrid were left with 10 first-team players, and one of those is the strange case of Jesús Vallejo, the footballer who has been on the bench for 43 games and on the pitch for one, disastrous, 10-minute cameo. Here, he got on again and even provided the assist at death. No one could ever have imagined that, although the night could have started well when Arda Guler sent Endrick running right through the middle after just two minutes. He reached the edge of the area but, falling as he struck the ball having been given a slight push in the back by José Copete, the shot was saved by Leo Román. That was to be a recurring theme, once Mallorca took the lead. Dani Ceballos was unable to cut out a pass from Mateu Morey on the right and Valjent swung his left foot to send the ball past Thibaut Courtois. Sign up to Soccer with Jonathan Wilson Jonathan Wilson brings expert analysis on the biggest stories from European soccer after newsletter promotion Madrid's reaction was timid at first and although it did gather pace, the shot count rising and Román providing to be a formidable barrier. He made saves from Jude Bellingham, Luka Modric, Kylian Mbappé and Fede Valverde in the first half and carried on the same way in the second, resisting until there was only quarter of an hour left. Then Mbappé found a way through Morey and Valjent with a combination of elegance and strength, then hit a superb near-post finish to put Madrid level. The French forward had underlined once again one of the great contradictions of this campaign: this was his 28th league goal, his 40th in all competitions yet few would call it an unqualified success. He had at least given them a glimpse of hope on the night, the chances increasing, the saves too. Madrid kept coming, an occasion made of this. Román kept saving, Valjent cleared one off the line, Gonzalo García missed a clear chance at the far post and then there was Ramón to complete one last remontada for old times' sake.
