Barcelona made it another victory in La Liga after they had beat Mallorca 1-0 in the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Company in Montjuic.
2024/2025 La Liga
1-0
- Olmo (46 ')
Match report
Hansi Flick chose to make significant changes prior to Saturday's Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid, where Hector Fort, Eric Garcia and even Ansu Fati get a start to give regular starters a well-deserved rest. And these changes had an effect when Barcelona had trouble breaking down a resilient Mallorca side in the first half.
They did have a few chances, but a combination of goalkeeper Leo Roman and the Mallorca defense ensured that it stayed on 0-0 until the whistle was blown by referee Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias.
Fortunately for Barcelona, ​​they managed to find the breakthrough less than a minute in the second period. From the right Eric played a pass in Dani Olmo, who turned in the penalty area before he curled the ball into the far corner and from the reach of novel.
The pressure was released from Barcelona at that time and they could see the game. They had several chances to make the score at 2-0, but the will of Fati, Lamine Yamal and Pau Victor were all refused by Roman, which supplied a fantastic performance in the goal of Mallorca.
In the result, Barcelona clearly moved seven points at the top of the La Liga rankings, although that gorge goes back to four if Real Madrid Getafe would beat on Wednesday. Nevertheless, it is again a step in the direction of the title for Flick's Side, who can now look forward to this week's Copa del Rey final in La Cartuja against their El Clasico rivals.
Match -Events
0 'The game is about to start!
0 'Match event for Barcelona vs RCD Mallorca
3 'Match event for Barcelona vs RCD Mallorca
7 'Yamal gets his first shot on goal, but it's not on goal
10 'Yamal takes a shot that is over the bar
12 'Ferran takes a shot, Yamal meets the rebound, but it is still blocked
18 'Sanchez seems to find his teammate with a low cross, but Szczesny reads the danger
25 'Highlight of Barcelona vs RCD Mallorca
26 'Yamal Spots Olmo and threads an excellent pass with the outside of his boot
28 'Close! GAVI makes a shot for the first time, but it rattles the crossbar
30 'Araujo has an empty net to score, but cannot keep his efforts on goal
35 'competition event for Barcelona vs RCD Mallorca
41 'Barcelona with a flurry of opportunities quickly in succession but no goal
45 'Morey succeeds in rattling the net with a good finish, but it's offside
46 'goal! Olmo curls the ball into the far corner! Barcelona 1-0 RCD Mallorca
50 'Fati takes a remote shot, but it is straight to the keeper
53 'Yamal cuts from the right and goes for a curl
63 'Raphinha and Fermin stand up to replace Fati and Olmo
66 'Pedri makes a penetrating run and ends with a shot that is not on goal
75 'Highlight of Barcelona vs RCD Mallorca
78 'Gerard and Victor Replace Fort and Ferran
80 'Yamal's one-on-one shot is stored by the Road Keeper
88 'Match event for Barcelona vs RCD Mallorca
Line-ups
Barcelona XI: Szczesny, I. Martinez, Olmo, Ferran Torres, Araujo, Eric Garcia, Fati, Pedri, Gavi, Yamal, Héctor Fort
Subs: Christensen, Pena, De Jong, Raphinha, Kounde, Pau VÃctor, Pablo Torre, FermÃn López, Gerard MartÃn, Cubarsi, Diego Kochen
RCD Mallorca XI: Mojica, Darder, Antonio RaÃll, Mascarell, Martin Valjent, Cyle Larin, Morey, José Copete, Leo Román, Antonio Sánchez, Samú Costa
Subs: Cuellar, Abdón Prats, T.Lato, Dominik Greif, Valery Fernández, Chiquinho, David López, Jan Salas, Marc Domènech