After suffering successive defeats from Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad, many started to think whether this year will be the repeat of last year when Real Madrid won the Champions League but were classified as the 3rd best team in Spain as both Atletico and Barcelona got the better of him. However since unleashing themselves on Basel in which they scored 5 past the Swiss side, the Spanish Champions gone one better yesterday as they dismantled the Deportivo side away from home.
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Here are the 5 things we learnt from this fixture:
Deportivo were poor --- Real were GOOD:
In a surprising turn of events last night, Madrid managed to put three past their opponents in a matter of 45 minutes. Although the 1st two goals were an example of shear brilliance by the players who share 145million transfer fees between them --- James and Ronaldo --- still it was the buildup to these goals where Deportivo were stagnant like a water in a pot. They allowed too much space to the Real Madrid team and with the quality and “quantity of quality” Real Madrid have in them, it all seemed too easy for the 10times Champions League winners.
Ronaldo is irreplaceable for Madrid:
With all the week to the buildup of this match flooded with Ronaldo moving to Manchester United rumors, it seemed on the pitch that the Portuguese doesn’t put much heed there and keep on doing what he does best – score goals. From his sublime header which has become his trademark now to his hat-trick goal, the Portuguese showed why he is one of the best out there.
Left foot masters:
Out of the 8 goals Real Madrid scored at the Estadio Riazor, 6 of them have come from left foot with the likes of Bale, James and Hernandez playing their part well. Although Hernandez played only 13 minutes, still the Mexican played his part and washed his hands with the river of goals that was flowing there at Deportivo.
Records were broken:
After beating their opponents by 8-2, Real Madrid became the 5th team in La LIGA history to put 8 past against an opponent in one match. The other 4 teams include Barcelona, Athletic, Deportivo and Valladolid.
Real 8-2 win against Deportivo is their biggest ever away win since the start of LA LIGA. With an 8-2 rout of Deportivo, Iker Casillas has won 312 games in his LA LIGA career at Real Madrid.
Hernandez proved his worth:
After an unlikely career at Manchester United where his role was limited to more of a super-sub, most people thought that the Mexican won’t get much playing time as the trio of BBC was difficult to break into it. However with the two goals he scored and both of them were scorchers, Hernandez had put lid to rumors that he won’t get much playing time at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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