Real Madrid hammered 7 goals past Celta Vigo as they turned in a stunning performance tonight at the Bernabeu. After an even first half where Real Madrid took a 1-0 lead thanks to a Pepe header, Real Madrid really exploded into life in the second half.
Real Madrid scored 6 goals in the second half with Ronaldo grabbing 4. Gareth Bale also had a goal scoring return as he and Jese rounded off the scoring. Iago Aspas grabbed a consolation goal for Celta Vigo.
Squads
Real Madrid: Navas; Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos (c), Danilo; Kovacic, Casemiro, Isco; Vazquez, Mayoral, Ronaldo.
Celta Vigo: Blanco; Jonny, Mallo (c), Gomez, Planas; Wass, Diaz; Hernandez; Orellana, Aspas, Nolito.
First Half: Pepe scores to give Real Madrid a narrow lead
Celta Vigo had a good beginning to the game managing to restrict Real Madrid initially. They had a great chance themselves as Iago Aspas inexplicably sent a free header onto the crossbar.
Real Madrid soon started dominating the ball and they got their breakthrough in the 41st minute when Pepe rose highest from an Isco corner to power in the header and give Real Madrid the lead.
Second half: Real Madrid go goal crazy as Ronaldo grabs 4 goals
Celta Vigo came into the second half hoping to equalise but what transpired was some brilliance from Real Madrid and Ronaldo. Ronaldo scored the first of his four goals with a stunning long-range effort from 35 yards. He added his second and Real Madrid’s third soon after scoring from a brilliantly taken free-kick.
Iago Aspas scored a goal just two minutes after Ronaldo’s second which raised hopes of a Celta fightback. However, Real Madrid soon put that thought to bed when Ronaldo grabbed his third of the night thanks to a wonderful low cross from Isco which allowed him to tap into an empty net.
Ronaldo also scored another one as he rose highest to score from a corner bringing his goal tally to 4. Ronaldo in the process broke a host of records as he became the player with the most number of hat-tricks in Spain and went past Telmo Zarra to become the second highest goal-scorer in La Liga history.
The 4 goals also took Ronaldo to the top of the goal-scoring charts.
Gareth Bale and Jese who came on for Isco and Mayoral in the second half grabbed the sixth and seventh goals of the night as a team scored seven against Celta Vigo for the first time since 1959.
All in all, Zinedine Zidane will be pleased with his team's performance as they dominated Celta completely to get one of their biggest wins in the La Liga
