Last update 16 November, 2012 by Julio Muñoz
Real Madrid won without problems in Mallorca against a vermilion team that was too weak in defense and lacked punch or success in attack. Mourinho forgot about tests and repeated the same team with which he ended up in Dortmund. That is to say, with Essien as left back, Modric in the midfield and Higuaín as a center forward and not in defense as Mourinho ironically said in the preview. And the truth is that it wasn't bad at all for Real Madrid that the Argentine played in his place..
Higuaín was key for Real Madrid to achieve victory. After a start to the game in which Real Mallorca seemed to have the initiative, the arrived 0-1 of Higuaín in the minute 8 by taking advantage of a tremendous mistake and Anderson. The central defender wanted to reject with his thigh and the ball was left to Higuaín who shot Aouate.
Mallorca reacted by advancing their lines and always seeking to enter through the Essien area. However, His best chance came from Ramos's side when N'Sue crossed or shot on goal, but the truth is that the ball went in, what prevented the tie.
Great play in the 0-2 of Christian
N'Sue's chance was in the minute 17 and only four minutes had passed when Real Madrid put the 0-2. The white forward pressured Mallorca's ball out, which caused Fontás to make a mistake.. Madrid took advantage of that to make a great quick play and with the first touch in which the ball passed by Ozil, di Maria, Higuaín and Cristiano Ronaldo who was the one who scored.
It was the minute 21 and the match seemed almost resolved for Real Madrid. Mallorca appeared very weak in its defensive system, what the whites took advantage of to go out quickly on the counterattack and thus they were able to score more goals. It's not like the white defense was anything to go by., but Pepe and Varane were sublime to solve the errors and mistakes of Ramos and Essien on the sides. The two of them prevented Mallorca from closing the gap.
A) Yes, con 0-2 the break was reached and on the resumption, Caparrós asked his players for more pressure when Real Madrid got the ball out. O sea, what Mallorca had not done during the first 45 minutes. However, the marker slab seemed to weigh too much on the vermillions.
Cristiano provokes the crowd
This is how the minutes of the second half passed without anything remarkable happening at a football level., but yes in the stands that whistled and booed Cristiano Ronaldo every time he touched the ball. ¿El motivo? They reproached him for an action in the first half in which it seemed that he had been seriously injured due to the scream he gave, but he got up almost immediately without anything happening to him. That and his continuous complaints about the entrances of the Mallorca players made the boos worse.. Cristiano responded to that with gestures to the fans asking them to increase their shouts because he couldn't hear them..
On a football level, Real Madrid was very comfortable and it seemed that the game was closer. 0-3 that he 1-2. Mallorca seemed to have given up, what made Caparrós desperate on the bench, while Mourinho only got up to complain to the referee about the tackles of the Mallorca players and to ask his players to calm down in some actions, such as Di María.
Higuaín puts the 0-3 yes he 0-4 a Cristiano
Real Madrid was looking for the third goal on the counterattack, while Mallorca tried but without much conviction, not to mention any, and only in some set pieces did it create a certain feeling of danger. However, he 0-3, It came in another touch play by the white team. Modric passes to Cristiano who, without opposition, puts a golden ball to Higuaín who beats Aouate without problems.
The match was already over and in case anyone doubted it, Cristiano put the 0-4 in the minute 72 by taking advantage of a pass from Higuaín, the great protagonist of the white victory. There was still a lot of game ahead and it is true that Mallorca tried, but it was a white monologue, as demonstrated by Mourinho bringing in Morata for Higuaín. Pero no sólo eso, Albiol even entered the field but not to play as a defender, if not as a midfielder in Xabi Alonso's place.
Real Madrid completed the 'little hand'’ with a goal from Callejón in injury time. So with that 0-5 A match in which Real Madrid was much superior to a weak Mallorca is over.