Barcelona troll Real Madrid with Xavi photo and emoji after Los Blancos lose to Mallorca

By
published

Barcelona have poked fun at fierce rivals Real Madrid on Twitter after Los Blancos were beaten by Mallorca in LaLiga on Sunday

Xavi smiles ahead of a Barcelona friendly match against Real Madrid in 2022.
(Image credit: Getty Images)

Barcelona have trolled fierce rivals Real Madrid on Twitter following the Los Blancos' surprise 1-0 defeat at Mallorca on Sunday.

Madrid went down by a single goal at Son Moix, where Marco Asensio saw a penalty saved, and will be eight points behind Barcelona if the Blaugrana beat Sevilla at Camp Nou this evening.

Straight after the final whistle in Mallorca, Barcelona's Twitter account posted a picture of Xavi with a big smile on his face, plus a laughing emoji.

Barcelona have not won LaLiga since 2019, but lead with 50 points at the halway stage this term.

In his pre-match press conference ahead of the Sevilla game, Xavi said he was not bothered about beating the current record of 100 points (shared by Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid and Tito Vilanova's Barcelona), but that he just wanted to win the titie.

Madrid recently lost to Barcelona in the final of the Supercopa in Saudi Arabia and now travel to the Club World Cup in Morocco, where they will face Epyptian side Al Ahly in the semi-finals on Wednesday.

Ben Hayward
Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is a European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.