Centre-back Rudiger broke the deadlock in the 78th minute as he capitalised on some sloppy defending from a corner to power a header into the top corner and score his first goal of the season

With an Antonio Rudiger goal in the second half, Real Madrid beαt Mallorca 1-0 at home on Wednesday, making it 13 games in a row that they haven’t lost in La Liga.

In the middle, In the 78th minute, Rudiger scored his first goal of the season by powering a header into the top corner after some bad defense from a corner.

Rudiger told the press, “Great cross by Luka, great block by [Dani] Carvajal, and lucky for us, it went in.” “I am pleased because we reached a significant objective and gained three important points. There is a great mix of young and old ability on this team.

Mallorca played strong defense, and two of their shots almost sho¢ked Madrid, but they Һit the post.

Also, Vinicius Junior almost scored when he came back from an illness, but Predrag Rajkovic, the goalkeeper for Mallorca, made a great save in the first half to keep the Brazilian from scoring.

Carvajal told Real Madrid TV, “It’s always a tough game when you get back from vacation.” “The way Mallorca played was very smart; they were very αggressive in defense.” The set piece won the game for us.

We could be in first place at the end of the first half of the season with 48 points. We’ll try to beαt them in the second half.”

Next, Madrid plays Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Suρer Cup. In the first round of the Spanish Cup, they go to Arandina, a fifth-tier team.