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Lionel Scaloni, technical director of the Argentine national team world champion in Qatar 2022, today kicked off the match that Mallorca beat Valladolid 1-0, at home, in the continuity of the sixteenth date of the Spanish Football League .
The coach from Pujato, Santa Fe, is a resident of the Balearic club where he served as a midfielder in the 2008 squad and was applauded at the tribute by those present at the Mallorca Son Moix stadium and received as a gift a shirt with the number 5 and your name printed on the back.
The local team prevailed with the goal of the Spanish striker Abdón Prats (49′ ST) and the Argentines Braian Cufré, ex-Vélez Sarsfield, were substitutes; defender Franco Russo and midfielder Rodrigo Battaglia, ex-Racing Club.
The result kept Mallorca in tenth place with 22 points and Valladolid dropped to thirteenth position with 17 points.
In addition, Argentine defender Juan Foyth, also Qatar 2022 World Cup champion, was a starter for Villarreal, which beat Real Madrid, one of the leaders, 2-1, at home, in LaLiga in Spain and placed in the qualifying zone. for the next Champions League.
The Spanish strikers Yeremi Pino (2′ ST) and Gerard Moreno (18′ ST, from a penalty), converted to celebrate Villarreal’s third consecutive victory, while Real Madrid discounted with a conquest by the French attacker Karim Benzema (5′ ST , criminal)
The victory placed the Valencian team in fourth place with 27 points and in the European Champions League zone. Despite the defeat, Real Madrid remains at the forefront along with Barcelona with 38 units.
As a curious fact, Real Madrid presented in this match, for the first time in its history, an initial team without Spanish players, reported the Madrid sports newspaper Marca.
