Real Madrid leapt to the top of La Liga, kicking off their campaign with an emphatic 3-0 win over Deportivo La Coruna at the Riazor on Sunday.
Zinedine Zidane couldn’t have asked for a better performance from his side to begin the defence of the La Liga title this season. It was a thoroughly dominant performance by Los Blancos, who were rarely troubled by the hosts, with Gareth Bale, Casemiro and Toni Kroos finding the back of the net to ensure an easy win.
The only blot on Real Madrid’s showing on the night was Sergio Ramos’s late dismissal with the club captain joining Cristiano Ronaldo on the sidelines due to suspension. Real Madrid fans, though, were in a joyous mood after Zidane’s men starting the season with a bang.
3️⃣ goals…
3️⃣ points! pic.twitter.com/OI1xwkPU5x— الشيخ (@shkhmustafa) August 20, 2017
Our Brilliant Boys!???Born for Victories!!!???HALA MADRID!???
— Nino M. (@ninomch777) August 21, 2017
44 – There were 44 passes in the build-up for Casemiro’s goal, the most before a goal in La Liga since at least 2006/07. Tiki-taka. [Opta] pic.twitter.com/W1gWU4z4R9
— Real Madrid Info (@RMadridInfo) August 20, 2017
Question remains the same. Who will stop Real Madrid? Devastating team. They play good football, they win. They play badly, they win.
— Jimmy (@FCBJimmy_) August 20, 2017
Pepe Mel: “We made it more difficult for Real Madrid than Barcelona did the other day [Supercopa].”
OH! ?? pic.twitter.com/HFawcDejPb
— RMadrid Edition (@RMadridEdition) August 20, 2017
#RealMadrid the best team in the world ??? pic.twitter.com/2pHGDFbzdC
— Prayer (@Tah_pelo) August 21, 2017
Real Madrid are currently top of the league. #HalaMadrid
— SocialRMadrid (@SocialRMadrid) August 20, 2017
Real Madrid extend their scoring run to 69 games, just 5 short of Santos’ world record of 74 games. pic.twitter.com/MRQuWPMOw8
— RMadrid Edition (@RMadridEdition) August 20, 2017
Beautiful, beautiful football from Real Madrid. Had the ball for about 5 minutes. Pass, move, pass, move. Boom. Goal. Just like that.
— RMadridHome (@RMadridHome_) August 20, 2017
Sergio Ramos was a major talking point after seeing red for the 23rd time in a Real Madrid shirt:
Contrasting emotions as Sergio Ramos is shown the 18th red card of his LaLiga career whilst Real Madrid win 3-0 on the opening weekend. pic.twitter.com/4HgLPfgDw6
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) August 20, 2017
Pic | Modric not yet used to Ramos getting cards pic.twitter.com/omyd1LsZ5W
— Real Madrid Info (@RMadridInfo) August 21, 2017
First game of the season, Ramos gets sent off. La Liga is definitely back.
— GeniusFootball (@GeniusFootball) August 20, 2017
Water is wet,
Sky is blue,
Ramos is sent off pic.twitter.com/8pqFyoFZjq— 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) August 20, 2017
Ramos now 23 red cards in 526 Madrid games. Zero red cards in 143 Spain caps. He himself feels he gets raw deal from Spanish refs.
— Dermot Corrigan (@dermotmcorrigan) August 20, 2017
Sergio Ramos: “Now that Real Madrid are wining titles, it seems there are some who do not sleep well at night.”
— SocialRMadrid (@SocialRMadrid) August 20, 2017
Ramos was looking for that free yellow card since last Wednesday anyway
— Yassine (@YassineSays) August 20, 2017
Football will be a much better place when Sergio Ramos retires.
— James Hall (@James_Hall92) August 20, 2017
There were also words of praise for Keylor Navas, who saved a late penalty while making some other crucial saves in the match:
You guys will be so quick to slate Navas when he has a bad game but will forget the great games like tonight
— Madridista Haven¹² (@MadridistaHaven) August 20, 2017
MOTM: Keylor Navas:
Rating: 8.70
Saves: 5
Penalty Saved: 1[via @WhoScored] pic.twitter.com/bptfCbIFXb
— SocialRMadrid (@SocialRMadrid) August 20, 2017
I like this new Navas, Confident plus his passing has improved a bit. Bet he’s working on it.
— Ayub (@KaizerT8_) August 20, 2017
Keylor Navas deserves a cleansheet.
— RMadridHome (@RMadridHome_) August 20, 2017
Good start of the season, Navas on point, clean sheet, Bale finally scored. Keep it up Madrid
— Rey (@ReyLaMadrid) August 20, 2017
Man of the match as voted by my followers: Keylor Navas – he starts La Liga with a clean sheet and a penalty saved! pic.twitter.com/M9HRCoW6Ff
— RMadridGirl (@RMadridGirl) August 21, 2017
Keylor Navas made the game more easier for us, stopped Deportivo chances in the first half and that relieved us of some pressure #HalaMadrid
— Mauli (@H_Ozzy10) August 20, 2017
