At 3 a.m. Beijing time on August 19, in the first round of the 2024-25 season, Real Madrid challenged Mallorca away.
In the first half, the Brazil twin stars connected, Vinicius assisted Rodrygo to score Real Madrid's first goal of the La Liga season, Real Madrid led 1-0 at halftime; In the second half, Muric equalised with a header, before Mendy left the pitch in the final moments.
In the end, Real Madrid dropped points in the first round of La Liga, drawing 1-1 away at Mallorca.
Mallorca vs Real Madrid, Mallorca 433 formation, starting value of 51.7 million euros; Real Madrid is also in a 433 formation, with six gentlemen in the front court starting together, Mbappe rushing forward, flanked by Vinicius and Rodrygo, Bellingham, Tchouameni, Valverde forming three midfielders, Mendy, Rudiger, Milot, Carvajal forming a back four, Courtois goal.
In this game, Real Madrid took the lead in 13 minutes, the front trident tacitly cooperated, Vinicius made the ball with his heel, and Rodrygo took 2 steps to shoot into the far corner to help Real Madrid lead 1-0.
In the 53rd minute of the game, Real Madrid lost the ball, Mallorca took a corner kick, Rudiger jumped up and did not complete the clearance, and Muric behind him completed the goal with a header, and the score became 1-1.
After Real Madrid was unable to score again, Mbappe started and played the whole game, which also exposed the biggest shortcoming of Real Madrid's big team this season, that is, the lack of creativity in the midfield, Kroos retired, Modric, Real Madrid's main three midfielders Bellingham, Tchouameni, Valverde are all sapper players, and the team's offensive creativity is seriously lacking, which will also plague Real Madrid, it depends on how Ancelotti solves it. There are also Mbappe, Vinicius, and Rodrygo tridents are actually the best positions on the left wing, and Mbappe is the same, playing the No. 9 position, in fact, he can't play his best ability in positional battles, that is, speed.
At full time, Real Madrid had 66% possession and a total of 13 shots on goal, only 1 more than Mallorca, with 5 shots on target for both sides, so the 1-1 score was very reasonable and Real Madrid had no advantage to speak of.