Manu Morlanes’ first-half strike and Vedat Muriqi’s injury time winner saw us beat Real Madrid 2-1 as we moved out of the drop zone with a famous victory.
Martin Demichelis opted for Luvumbo out on the wing while Omer Mascarell was required to step in at centre back in the absence of the injured Antonio Raillo.
Kylian Mbappe had the game’s first sight at goal when he raced through at a difficult angle and forced Leo Roman into a low block just after the 20th minute.
The Frenchman would try his luck again from a similar spot in the box five minutes later, this time attempting to curl an effort around Roman to which our goalkeeper made a fine save to tip wide.
Arda Guler was next to try his luck as in the 33rd minute he found himself free at the back post to force Roman into another fine stop.
We would go into the break ahead despite the visitors’ pressure as Manu Morlanes managed to control Pablo Maffeo’s whipped cross and fire into the bottom corner having ghosted into the box in the 42nd minute.
Mbappe would be thwarted once again in the 55th minute by Leo Roman as we managed to contain Real Madrid’s attacks for most of the second half.
Our resistance would not last the full 90 minuts however as Miltao levelled matters in the 88th minute with a towering header from a corner.
There was more drama to come as Muriqi sent the stands into raptures when Sergi Darder flicked the ball over to our striker on an incisive counter attack, and with a deft touch and turn, the Kosovan hammered home into the top corner as we took all three points via an injury time winner.
LINE UPS:
RCD Mallorca: Leo Román; Maffeo, Valjent, Mascarell, Mojica; Samu Costa (Virgili, 70'), Morlanes (David López, 70'), Sergi Darder, Luvumbo (Antonio Sánchez, 81'); Pablo Torre (Mateo Joseph, 70') y Vedat Muriqi.
Real Madrid CF: Lunin; Alexander-Arnold, Rüdiger, Huijsen (Militao, 59'), Carreras; Tchouaméni, Camavinga (Vinicius, 59'), Manuel Ángel (Bellingham, 59'), Arda Güler (Pitarch, 72'); Brahim (Mastantuono, 76') y Mbappé.
Goals: Morlanes (min. 42), Militao (min. 88) y Muriqi (min. 91).
