Olmo’s goal at the beginning of the second half keeps Barcelona’s hopes to win the league title
To seven points with five games remain at the end of the season.
Barcelona dominated the match despite coach Hans Felk’s decision to rest several main players before the King’s Cup of Spain next Saturday against the traditional rivals Real Madrid, but the goalkeeper Mayorca Leo Roman made a great offer to prevent the owners of the land from scoring.
Barcelona finally succeeded in breaking the stalemate after a short period of rest thanks to a distinguished individual skill from Olmo, who captured the ball in a narrow space inside the penalty area and launched a quick shot in the left foot in the lower corner before Mallorca’s defenders could confront it.
The victory raised Barcelona’s score to 76 points in the top of the Spanish league standings, seven points behind Real Madrid, who will be a guest on Getafe on Wednesday, and played a fewer match.
Mallorca is ranked seventh, and is among the European League’s qualifying positions, with 44 points.
“The goalkeeper of their team presented a great match,” Barcelona midfielder Gabi told Movestar Plus. “We had a chance and seized it. It is football. We insisted and worked hard, and we continued to play, and finally the goal came,” he added. We played a great general match and I am very happy with the players who rose to the level of expectations. “
The Barcelona squad was absent from the Spanish league’s top scorer, Robert Lewandowski, who will also be absent from the Spanish Cup final and the first leg in the Champions League final against Inter Milan next week due to a leg muscles injury.
Coach Felk Quartet Gul Conde, Rvinia, Bau Kubarry and Frenke de Jong left the bench from the start, but Barcelona did not miss any chance and pressed Mallorca since the start of the match.
The faithful young man was a constant threat, but the inspiring goalkeeper Roman prevented him several times from registration, as he tackled three amazing opportunities to prevent the 17 -year -old Spanish wing from granting progress to the host team.
Ferran Torres and Eric Garcia also failed to score from a close distance, while Gabi hit a ball from the edge of the penalty area to change its path and collide with the post in the 28th minute.
One minute later, Ronald Araojo missed an easy opportunity from a close distance when he hit a counterattack from a corner kick.
Mallca had some opportunities through counterattacks, and the goal scored by Matteo Mori was canceled due to infiltration during the construction of the attack, just before the break.
After Olmo Barcelona gave the lead in the 46th minute, the Mallorca captain Antonio Rilo almost scored the equalizer with his head from a free kick in the 55th minute, but he tried it away.
After the summit match next Saturday in Seville, Barcelona, ​​who seeks to win the trilogy, will face the last -ranked Valladolid team before hosting its traditional rivals Real Madrid in a confrontation with the Spanish league that may decide its title on May 11.
Barcelona player Danny Olmo celebrates his first team’s goal during his match against Mallorca in the Spanish first division in Barcelona on April 22, 2025 – (Photo by Judit Cartiel/Getty Images)
