With a luxury spectator, Real Madrid could not beat Mallorca

Kylian Mbappé was able to experience his debut in LaLiga this Sunday with the Real Madrid shirt, but he could not do so with victory: the current champion of the competition only managed to draw 1-1 on his visit to Mallorca on the first day, which also featured the presence of Lionel Scaloni…

Like four days before in the European Super Cup, which Madrid beat Atalanta 2-0, Mbappé started but this time he couldn’t score. The only goal for his team was scored by Brazilian Rodrygo in the 12th minute, with a cross shot in the area after receiving a backheel assist from his countryman Vinicius Jr.

But Merengue only maintained superiority until the 53rd minute, when Mallorca’s goal arrived. The Kosovar Vedat Muriqi, elected most valuable player of the match, He was the one who declared the tie after heading a corner taken by Dani Rodríguez into the net.

From there, Mallorca even had chances to win, especially with a shot by Antonio Sánchez in the 88th minute that went over the crossbar.

To make matters worse, Real Madrid ended up with ten players due to the expulsion in the final moments (90+6) of Frenchman Ferland Mendy, who went with an iron on Muriqi.

With this tie, Real Madrid begins LaLiga with a point, which at least helped them maintain a record they have had for a long time: Since 2009, Merengue has not lost in its debut in the local tournament.

At 26 minutes into the match, the match cameras focused on the coach of the Argentine National Team sitting with his two sons, Ian and Noah, and his wife, Elisa Montero.

The reasons for his attendance at the Son Moix Stadium, beyond the fact that Scaloni played for Mallorca during his time as a footballer, could be linked to the opportunity to see in action the starter Pablo Maffeo, the right back of the vermilion team born in Spain and who has Argentine nationality. In fact, he had already summoned him for the double qualifying round in November last year, although the footballer did not have the opportunity to add minutes.

It makes sense if you take into account that, in addition, this Monday, Scaloni will announce the list of those called up for the double date of the September Qualifiers, where the Argentine National Team will face Chile as a home team on date 7 and Colombia as a visitor on date 8. .

The Argentine National Team will receive Chile at the Monumental on Thursday, September 5 at 9:30 p.m. (Argentine time), while on Tuesday the 10th of the same month they will visit Colombia in Barranquilla from 5:30 p.m.

It is worth remembering that the National Team is leading with 13 units in the Qualifiers table. They are followed by Uruguay with 13 and Colombia with 12. Brazil, which until now has only managed to win two games, is sixth with 7 points.