Ronaldo, Benzema Menangkan Madrid di Awal Musim La Liga
Real Madrid Kick Off La Liga Season with Victory
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Madrid (B2B) - Real Madrid mengawali permainan musim ini dengan mengesankan setelah mengalahkan klub yang baru dipromosikan Cordoba 2-0 di kandang sendiri Senin dengan gol yang diciptakan Karim Benzema dan Cristiano Ronaldo.
Dengan tidak diperkuat Angel di Maria yang pindah ke Manchester United, Real seperti kehilangan tenaga di lini tengah tetapi 15 menit sebelum turun minum Benzema berhasil memanfaatkan umpan lambung dari Toni Kroos yang ditendang dari arah pojok, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Cordoba memiliki peluang untuk menyamakan kedudukan setelah turun minum ketika Iker Casillas menjinakkan gebrakan Ryder Matos dan Fidel, namun Ronaldo berhasil menembus pojok gawang lewat tendangannya yang khas dari jarak sekitar 30 meter.
Madrid - Real Madrid got their La Liga campaign off to a winning start as they beat newly promoted Cordoba 2-0 at home, but champions Atletico Madrid were held 0-0 away to Rayo Vallecano on Monday.
Without the Manchester United bound Angel di Maria, Real were also far from convincing at the Bernabeu but got the three points thanks to Karim Benzema´s first-half header and a characteristic thumping finish into the bottom corner from Cristiano Ronaldo in stoppage time.
Cordoba were playing in their first top flight game for 43 years and nearly had a dream start against Real´s Galacticos when Mike Havenaar pulled his shot just wide from the edge of the area.