Real Madrid shows off Betis

Gareth Bale´s mobility
Thanks to the freedom that Rafa Benitez has given to the men up front, this has caused that the "Blanco" forwards can appear anywhere on the field. This is the case of the Welsh and his center forward position at the time when he header the 1-0.

James´s skills
The Colombian scored two beautiful goals. In the first one, the '10' of Real Madrid fired power and placement for sneak the ball into the goal of Adam after hitting the far post. The second was after a spectacular overhead kick, which rose the public of the Bernabeu from the stands

Betis´s courage
Although the Madrid side had control of the game, Betis defended as well as they could with all the lines together, trying to create some danger down the sides. Striker Ruben Castro came close to closing the gap on the scoreboard but a great save by Keylor Navas spared the chance. In the second part, the canary crossed again with Navas, who stopped him a penalty.

Collective game
In today´s match, Real Madrid wore its punching power, but also a great collective game. The header of Benzema was a good example of the variety of resources available in the Chamartin side.

A lot of goals
Real Madrid proved to have much ability to score goals and after the 0-0 of the opening day scored five goals in a clash that dominated from the start and that put on track from the early stages.