Vinicius Junior's tidy finish was cancelled out by a goal from Joselu, who has made a habit of scoring against Madrid since spending three years early in his career with the capital club's 'Castilla' B team, reports DPA.
The club presided over by Chinese businessman Chen Yansheng announced the decision two days after a 2-1 defeat to Alaves left Espanyol 13th in the classification with 40 points from 36 games, in no danger of relegation.
Marcelo is in his sixteenth season at Real Madrid, making him the club's foreigner with the most appearances. He has made 545 appearances and scored 38 goals for the Los Blancos since making his debut on January 7, 2007, against Deportivo.
Ancelotti has now led clubs to league titles in Spain (Real Madrid), Italy (AC Milan), England (Chelsea), France (Paris Saint-Germain), and Germany (Bayern Munich).
The focus will be on the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, where a point for Real Madrid against Espanyol will seal their title this season.
Chinese forward Wu Lei had chance to equalize for Espanyol four minutes after the restart, but his effort was saved by Thibaut Courtois, and neither side was able to produce a goal in the remaining minutes.
Wu Lei scored in the 88th minute to earn a 2-2 draw for Espanyol on Saturday as he drove a shot past the Barcelona goalkeeper Norberto Neto.
Zidane said he would not "prevent" Bale from doing anything and his players are old enough to know what they should be doing, reports Efe news.
Espanyol upset an out-of-sorts Atletico Madrid 2-0 in the 36th round of La Liga on Sunday, just days after the…
Real Madrid’s Spanish midfielder Marco Asensio on Monday seemed ready to compete as the team finished their final training session…
