First Division - Day 8

Betis 1 - Real Madrid 6

Betis: Adán; Piccini, Mandi, Pezzella, Durmisi; Brasanac (Cejudo 46‘), Petros, Jonás Martín (Dani Ceballos 67‘); Joaquín, Alex Alegría (Zozulya 46‘), Rubén Castro. 4-3-3.
Madrid: Keylor Navas; Dani Carvajal, Varane, Pepe, Marcelo; Kovacic (Lucas Vázquez 65‘), Kroos, Isco; Bale (Marco Asensio 80‘), Benzema (Morata 75’), Cristiano Ronaldo. 4-3-3.

Goals:
0-1. 04. Varane. Steered header across keeper from wide Kroos free kick.
0-2. 31. Benzema. Picked up Kroos pass and struck shot inside near post.
0-3. 39. Marcelo. Bounced shot on turn over Adán after Benzema shot blocked.
0-4. 45. Isco. Tap-in from close to goal after Pepe laid back Ronaldo centre.
1-4. 55. Cejudo. Fired shot past Navas after Joaquín played on Jonás pass.
1-5. 63. Isco. Controlled Ronaldo cross and curled shot in to far top corner of net.
1-6. 79. Ronaldo. Collected short Morata pass and ran on to shoot wide of Adán.

Yellow cards: Isco 43’, Pezzella 49’, Cejudo 64’, Zozulya 77’, Petros 91’.

Real Madrid stay in second place, level on points with city neighbours Atlético, after they won 1-6 at Betis in the last match on Saturday. Zidane’s side needed a good result after four draws in a row, and within three minutes Varane headed them in to the lead from a Kroos free kick. Soon afterwards Bale headed against the upright, and Benzema, Marcelo and Isco all beat Adán after that to put the locals four up at the break. Rubén Castro and Joaquín did go close either side of half time though, and ten minutes in to the second half substitute Cejudo got one back for the Andalusians. However Isco scored his second of the evening a few minutes later, and Ronaldo completed the “set” after Morata put him through with ten minutes to go.