Real Madrid 5 - Levante 0

Madrid: Casillas; Michel Salgado, Iván Helguera, Samuel, Roberto Carlos; Celades (Javi García 75'), Guti; Beckham, Raúl (Owen 66'), Figo (Solari 63'); Ronaldo. 4-2-3-1.
Levante: Mora; Pinillos, Culebras, Alexis, Jesule, Harte; Juanma (Ettien 63'), Rivera, Celestini, Nacho (Congo 63'); Sergio García (Manchev 63'). 5-4-1.

Team changes: Madrid: Iván Helguera, Celades for Pavón, Zidane / Levante: Alexis, Juanma for Ettien, Manchev.

Goals:
1-0. 43. Ronaldo. Controlled high Beckham pass and poked shot wide of Mora.
2-0. 50. Figo. Picked up ball on half way line nd ran on to shoot into top of net.
3-0. 52. Ronaldo. Collected lofted pass from Celades and shot low across Mora.
4-0. 55. Beckham. Rounded Harte and struck long shot into far top corner of net.
5-0. 86. Owen. Ran on to Guti through ball and slid shot under Mora.

Real Madrid bounced back after their defeat at Barcelona last week to thrash Bernd Schuster's Levante 5-0. It took them some time to get going though, and Casillas had to make a couple of important saves from Sergio García and Nacho in the opening half hour of the game. And the frustrated crowd started to whistle at their own players before Ronaldo picked up a pass over the top from Beckham to beat Mora for the first goal shortly before the break.

That opened the floodgates though, and they scored three more excellent goals in the first ten minutes of the second half, Figo running on to crack home the first, Ronaldo collecting a pass from Celades to get the second and Beckham adding the third with a spectacular shot from outside of the area.

Schuster had changed his line up for this game, with five at the back, but he decided to go for broke and made three substitutions at once. Just before though, Juanma had brought another good save out of Casillas, and Roberto Carlos had to clear another effort from Culebras off the line. But Ronaldo missed a chance for a hat-trick when he shot wide in front of goal, and substitute Michael Owen made it five near the end after Guti set him up to round off what was eventually a great night and keep the Galacticos within seven points of the leaders.