Madrid thrashed Deportivo with a hat-trick of Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid has beaten Deportivo (5-1) in the match corresponding to the sixth day of the BBVA League, played this Sunday at the Santiago Bernabéu, so the whites remain eight points behind FC Barcelona before facing the 'clásico'’ while the Galicians remain two points away from relegation.

The white team had to rebuild after the blue and white team took the lead on the scoreboard, but he knew how to do it and it didn't happen to him like in past days. At times Real Madrid seemed like last season's team, although in many moments it continued to remind us of the first days of the competition., when he walked through the fields leaving his stitches.

Mourinho had started with surprises. Xabi Alonso and Arbeloa would rest for the first time, so Modric and Khedira would form the double pivot, Sergio Ramos playing at right back. Few doubted that it was a bad time to reserve Xabi Alonso but the rumors began when Deportivo scored the first. To the 16 match minutes, Riki took advantage of a defensive mismatch between Pepe and Varane to stand alone against Casillas and beat him low.

The people of Madrid found themselves again with the score against them and it didn't take long for the nerves to appear. Mourinho did not sit down for a second and the fourth referee called attention to the white bench again and again.

Besides, Deportivo was believing that they could get something positive from the Bernabéu and had advanced their lines, something that ended up costing them dearly because it didn't take long for the whites to tie. Di María faced Manuel Pablo on the edge of the area and the defender made a foul on him that Ayza Gámez ruled as a dubious penalty that Cristiano did not waste to put the 1-1.

The tie radically changed the game. The Galicians backed down again while the whites sought a comeback by all means. Cristiano wanted his second goal but he is not as successful as at other beginnings of the season and Aranzubía stood in his way on several occasions. However, The Basque goalkeeper failed to stop Di María, that put the 2-1 in the minute 38, taking advantage of his own rejection and the confusion of the Galician defense.

The game was different and Real Madrid wanted more. The whites stalked the Aranzubía goal and got the third before the break, thanks to a new imbalance in the blue and white defense. Sergio Ramos sneaked into the area trying to beat Aranzubía without success, but Cristiano Ronaldo was faster than the defenders and headed the rebound into the back of the net.

He 3-1 with which the game went to half-time determined how the seconds were going to be 45 minutes. Mourinho knew that the Galicians were going to have little room for reaction, so he continued with his rotations, giving access to Kaka. The Brazilian played his first minutes of the season in an official match and did not waste it. Besides, His teammates knew that he had a new opportunity to show that he could be the old man and they looked for him again and again..

The match lost speed in the second half but the score continued to move. Pepe put the 4-1 after a free kick by Xabi Alonso, lack of 20 minutes remaining, and Benzema and Kaká were looking for the fifth in every possible way but it would be Cristiano Ronaldo who would get his first hat-trick’ of the season marking by putting the 5-1 definitive, again from the penalty spot.

Julio Muñoz

Journalist, specialist in international football and retro. I write in Colgadosporelfutbol.com and you can follow me at @ juliomv1982
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