Marco Asensio has missed a penalty kick as a depleted Actual Madrid misplaced 1-Zero at Mallorca within the Spanish league of their final match earlier than touring to Morocco to play on the Membership World Cup.
The defeat on Sunday has put extra strain on the champions who’re more and more struggling of their bid to haul again their nice rivals, leaders Barcelona.
“We already anticipated a really powerful match,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti stated. “We had our possibilities however could not benefit from them.”
Ancelotti couldn’t rely on a number of injured starters, together with striker Karim Benzema, defender Eder Militao and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who was dropped from the squad on the final minute after getting injured through the warm-up.
Ancelotti additionally rested midfielders Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, who got here on within the second half.
Asensio missed an opportunity to equalize when his 60th-minute penalty kick was saved by Mallorca goalkeeper Pedrag Rajkovic after Madrid ahead Vinicius Junior had been fouled.
Madrid’s final likelihood was a header by Antonio Rudiger that went narrowly huge deep into stoppage time.
The hosts bought on the board with an own-goal by Nacho Fernandez, who was changing Militao in protection. Nacho went for a excessive cross and deflected the ball into his personal web over goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, who began rather than Courtois.
“I hit the ball with my head and sadly it went into the highest nook,” Nacho stated. “It was a sophisticated match, towards a group that’s having a great season. It is a pity that we let three factors get away.”
Madrid had been coming off a win towards Valencia after being held by Actual Sociedad.
Their opponents within the semifinals of the Membership World Cup on Wednesday will probably be Egyptian membership Al Ahly.
