European Football: Real Mallorca Hand Barcelona A Gift With Shock Win Over Real Madrid

Real Mallorca dealt a awesome rustle to Real Madrid’s title aspirations arsenic Vedat Muriqi struck an added-time victor to seal a daze 2-1 triumph for nan hosts, leaving Real 4 points down La Liga leaders Barcelona, who play Atlético Madrid later connected Saturday.

The hosts withstood Real’s unit early successful nan game, keeper Leo Roman denying Kylian Mbappé pinch 2 diving saves, earlier Mallorca took nan lead from their first changeable connected target successful nan 42nd infinitesimal arsenic Manu Morlanes converted Pablo Maffeo’s cross.

Éder Militão, playing for nan first clip since his hamstring wounded successful December, equalised for Real successful nan 88th infinitesimal but Muriqi, nan second-highest scorer successful La Liga this play aft Mbappé, sealed Mallorca’s triumph pinch a onslaught 3 minutes later. The triumph – their first complete Real successful 3 years – moved them 2 points supra nan bottommost three.

In Germany, Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich scored 3 times successful nan past 9 minutes to travel from 2 goals down and snatch a 3-2 triumph astatine Freiburg. Tom Bischof fired successful almost identical shots from nan separator of nan container to tie them level earlier Lennart Karl tapped successful pinch almost nan past footwear of nan crippled to gain 3 points for Bayern, who were without their injured apical scorer, Harry Kane. Bayern recreation to Real Madrid adjacent week for nan Champions League quarter-final first leg.

Freiburg, nan only German squad on pinch Bayern to still beryllium successful nan German Cup arsenic good arsenic a European competition, went successful beforehand a infinitesimal into nan 2nd half erstwhile Johan Manzambi whipped a sensational changeable from 25 metres retired past keeper Manuel Neuer. The hosts, who look Celta Vigo successful nan Europa League past 8 adjacent week, past doubly came agonisingly adjacent to a 2nd extremity arsenic they dominated early connected aft nan break, keeping 40-year-old Neuer busy.

Lennart Karl celebrates aft putting Bayern Munich 3-2 up against Freiburg. Photograph: Ronald Wittek/EPA

Freiburg doubled their lead successful nan 71st infinitesimal pinch a Lucas Hoeler volley aft Neuer spilled a area into his path, but nan visitors trim nan shortage 10 minutes later erstwhile Bischof threaded a changeable past keeper Noah Atubolu arsenic nan visitors upped nan unit precocious successful nan game. He did it again successful stoppage clip earlier Karl scored nan victor successful nan dying seconds.

“We really consciousness unbeatable astatine nan moment,” said 18-year-old Karl, whose meteoric emergence this season, featuring 5 convention goals, has made him a superior campaigner for Germany’s World Cup squad. “I’m very happy. It’s an unbelievable feeling.”

Meanwhile successful Italy, Massimiliano Allegri, nan Milan coach, said connected Saturday he has not fixed immoderate thought to nan vacant Italy manager’s occupation arsenic he focuses connected getting his Serie A squad backmost into nan Champions League, contempt being linked pinch nan post. Gennaro Gattuso near nan Italy occupation connected Friday aft his side’s World Cup playoff nonaccomplishment to Bosnia connected penalties, a 3rd consecutive missed qualification for nan four-times champions, pinch federation (FIGC) main Giuseppe Gravina besides stepping down.

The 58-year-old, who won 5 convention titles astatine Juventus, was asked earlier Monday’s Serie A crippled astatine Napoli if he would norm retired coaching Italy, now aliases successful nan future. “I started a travel past twelvemonth pinch Milan, now we person to beryllium focused connected finishing nan play good and reaching nan Champions League,” Allegri said. “I haven’t thought astir it yet. I’m good astatine Milan and I dream to enactment astatine Milan for a agelong time. It’s been a fewer years since I person taken portion successful nan Champions League, if we were to suffice and I were still Milan’s coach, I’d person to get utilized to it again.”

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