Real Madrid 4 - Celta Vigo 2

Real Madrid: Casillas; Michel Salgado, Pavón, Iván Helguera, Roberto Carlos; Beckham (Cambiasso 87'), Guti; Figo, Raúl (Antonio Nuñez 78'), Zidane; Ronaldo (Solari 76'). 4-2-3-1.
Celta: Pinto; Velasco, Berizzo, Cáceres, Sylvinho; Luccin, José Ignacio (Vagner 66'); Ilic, Mostovoi (Gustavo López 70'), Edu; Milosevic. 4-2-3-1.

Team changes: Madrid: Pavón, Beckham, Guti, Figo for Raúl Bravo, Borja, Juanfran, Solari / Celta: Pinto, Cáceres, José Ignacio, Mostovoi, Edu for Cavallero, Sergio, Vagner, Angel, Jesuli.

Goals:
0-1. 17. Ilic. From close up after Mostovoi's corner headed on.
1-1. 54. Ronaldo. Following up after Beckham header blocked by Pinto.
2-1. 64. Zidane. Steered header wide of Pinto from Figo's cross.
3-1. 71. Figo. Ran on to long Beckham pass and shot in from wide angle.
3-2. 90. Milosevic. Collected pass from Gustavo López and shot wide of Casillas.
4-2. 92. Zidane. Fired shot past keeper with outside of foot from Figo's pass.

Real Madrid moved eight points clear at the top of the table after coming from behind to beat Celta 4-2. It was a poor first half by the league champions, and the visitors went into the lead on the quarter hour mark when Ilic finished off after Mostovoi's corner was headed on, his first goal for his new club. The Galicians could have had more if Edu had not shot wide before the goal and Milosevic had not failed to beat Casillas soon after the restart. But Zidane gave a wake up call to Pinto with a long shot which the keeper saved at full stretch shortly before the break, and Ronaldo made it all square nine minutes in to the second half after the keeper could only push away Beckham's header.

Casillas had to save again from Milosevic a few minutes later, but Zidane got on the end of Figo's pinpoint cross to head his side into the lead, and Figo himself scored a third after picking up a long ball over the top from Beckham and running on to beat Pinto from a wide angle. Queiroz decided to give a rest to tired legs, and with Portillo left out of the squad, young winger Antonio Nuñez came on as makeshift centre forward. Milosevic finally got the goal he was looking for in the last minute of normal time, but before anybody could think about a possible comeback, Solari and Figo combined to set up Zidane for him to round off the scoreline. The result left Radomir Antic's team back down in the relegation spots, and with Valencia and Deportivo both losing, Madrid opened up what is looking like an unassailable lead at the top.