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Real Madrid’s last-gasp winner against Mallorca delays Barcelona title party

This may have done no more than delay the inevitable and no one truly believes in a miracle, but suddenly there was a roar, a release, some life at the Santiago Bernabéu. The day before, Carlo Ancelotti had talked about the many a wonderful comebacks over his years at Real Madrid, moments he said would never be forgotten, and now here in his penultimate game in this stadium was another, 20-year-old centre-back Jacobo Ramón scoring with the last kick of the game to defeat Real Mallorca and keep the league title alive for another day at least.It came late, very late on a grey, wet Wednesday night in front of perhaps 30,000 empty seats. It came with a manager whose departure was announced two days earlier and a dozen players missing, at the end of an evening that had felt empty for a long time. And ultimately it probably doesn’t mean much to Madrid. But it meant the world to Ramón and for a moment everyone could forget how this season has gone, the defender’s strike in the 95th minute overturning Martin Valjent’s opener after just 11 minutes. Continue reading...

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