Vedat Muriqi gave Mallorca an early lead with a header at the Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid produced two goals in a minute as Arda Guler equalized and Vinicius Junior put Madrid ahead. Vinicius scored for the second successive game after also scoring against Real Oviedo. Three additional Madrid goals were ruled out by VAR: two Kylian Mbappé efforts for offside and one Guler goal for an involuntary handball. Xabi Alonso praised Vinicius's performance, commented on the referee's interpretation of the handball decision, and said he was pleased with the team's early progress ahead of upcoming fixtures.
[Vinicius] performed well," Alonso said afterwards. "It was a better game for him than against Osasuna [on Aug. 19] and it was an important goal to put us in front. I'm happy with Vini's game, he's scoring goals and that's important.
"The fourth official said the handball had to be 'immediate' [to be disallowed] and after that then it depends on the referee's interpretation," Alonso explained. "It would have been important to get the third goal. It's his interpretation, that's his role.
"I'd like to keep going, and have the players here," he said. "But we knew in these three games, after a mini pre-season, it was important to compete, to keep improving things, defining the path we want. "Now we have the break and then the next block of games, including the Champions League. But the start has been good. There are some good things, and some things to correct.
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