Granada Digulung Real Madrid 9-1, Ronaldo Sumbang Lima Gol
Ronaldo Scores Five as Bale and Benzema Also Get in on the Act
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Barcelona (B2B) - Cristiano Ronaldo mencetak lima gol yang mengantar Real Madrid membantai Granada dengan skor telak 9-1 pada La Liga pekan 29 di Stadion Santiago Bernabeu, Minggu.
Los Blancos memulai pesta gol di menit 25 ketika Gareth Bale sukses memaksimalkan umpan Toni Kroos menjadi gol. Gol kedua Madrid dibukukan Cristiano Ronaldo setelah menerima bola sodoran James Rodriguez di menit 30.
Mantan pemain Manchester United dan Sporting Lisbon itu kembali mencetak gol memanfaatkan kelengahan pertahana Granada di menit 36, seperti dilansir Yahoo! Sports.
Dua menit kemudian Ronaldo mencetak hattrick setelah mendapatkan bola matang dari penyerang asal Wales, Gareth Bale. Skor 4-0 bertahan pada jeda babak pertama.
Babak kedua menit 52, giliran penyerang Prancis Karim Benzema menambah keunggulan Madrid menjadi 5-0. Benzema mencetak gol memanfaatkan umpan James Rodriguez.
Menit 54, Cristiano Ronaldo mencetak gol keenam Madrid setelah menerima bola matang dari Gareth Bale.
Real Madrid unggul 7-0 ketika Karim Benzema mencetak gol memanfaatkan bola diagonal Alvaro Arbeloa dari sisi kanan di menit 56.
Granada sempat mencetak gol hiburan melalui Robert Ibanez setelah menerima assist Youssef El Arabi di menit 74.
Namun El Real kembali menjauh setelah bek tengah Granada, Diego Mainz, mencetak gol bunuh diri untuk Los Blancos.
Kapten timnas Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo kemudian menutup pesta gol 9-1 Madrid setelah melepaskan gol di menit 89 memaksimalkan umpan Modric.
Statistik Livescore mencatat, Real Madrid menguasai 61 berbanding 39 persen penguasaan bola dengan 11 tendangan ke gawang sementara Granada memiliki delapan tendangan ke gawang.
Kendati menang telak, namun Madrid tetap di peringkat dua klasemen sementara La Liga dengan 67 poin dari 29 laga ata selisih satu poin dengan Barcelona yang belum bertanding melawan Celta Vigo.
Di sisi lain, Granada tetap di peringkat 19 dengan 23 poin dari 29 laga yang telah dimainkan.
Barcelona - Cristiano Ronaldo erupted for his first five-goal game on Sunday, ending all talk of a dry spell as the Real Madrid star led a 9-1 demolition of Granada to keep the pressure on Spanish league leader Barcelona.
Ronaldo followed Gareth Bale's opener by netting his first three goals in a stunning eight-minute span to decide the match before halftime at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The Ballon d'Or holder added two more goals after the break as Karim Benzema also netted a pair in one of the club's most lopsided wins. Madrid hadn't scored nine goals in a league match in 47 years. Its biggest league victory remains an 11-2 thrashing of Elche in 1960.
Madrid and the Spanish league said this was the first time Ronaldo had scored five goals in a match and it came after a two-month stretch when the Portugal star was merely extremely good after his spectacular year in 2014. That recent dip in form had even earned him unexpected criticism as Lionel Messi took over as the league's most in-form scorer.
Usually protective of his players, Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Saturday that Ronaldo "had lowered his productivity" in the past two months as Madrid lost its league lead to Barcelona.
Ronaldo responded in emphatic fashion by netting his 43rd, 44th, 45th, 46th and 47th goals in his 41st game of the season in all competitions.
His performance left his coach almost as awe-struck as Granada's helpless defenders.
Ronaldo's outburst moved him ahead of Messi in their individual duel to lead the scoring this season with 36 goals to the Barcelona forward's 32.
Ronaldo's 28th game with three-or-more goals for Madrid increased his career tally with the club to 300 goals in 287 games. Only Alfredo Di Stefano with 308 goals in 396 games and Raul Gonzalez with 323 in 741 have more goals in Real's history.
