Sunday, August 30, 2009
Real Madrid overcame a stubborn Deportivo La Coruna side 3-2 in their La Liga opener at the Bernabeu thanks to goals from Raul, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lassana Diarra.
With much of the focus on the performance of Real Madrid's new signings, it was left to all-time leading goal-scorer Raul to give Los Blancos the lead. The club captain tapped in from six yards following excellent build-up play from Kaka and Karim Benzema.
But, Real Madrid's Achilles heel for many a season has been its frail defence and this season may be no different. Former Real player Riki made no mistake to equalise when afforded far too much space to flick a Juca free-kick past a hopelessly stranded Iker Casillas.
Raul was imperious for the home side and having been slipped through by Diarra he drew a challenge from Daniel Aranzubia to win a penalty that Ronaldo dispatched in the 34th minute.
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