A Ronaldo brace ensured his Real Madrid side took all three points from this local derby, as he takes his personal scoring tally to 46 goals in 46 games since joining the European giants.
0-1: The game started with the Galacticos dominating possession and having numerous attempts on goal inside the first 10 minutes. A penalty shout as well as an overhead kick from Ronaldo was an early warning to the Getafe defence as to what they had in store for them. The persistence paid off when Di Maria drove at Getafe's full back Mané inside the box who in turn brought him down. Ronaldo's penalty was well placed in the bottom left corner, regardless of the placement it had far too much power for Codina. Couldn't help noticing the fact that the Getafe goalkeeper was wearing pink gloves along with his pink top - interesting!
0-2: Two Getafe players pick up a yellow card, one of which goes to hard working Derek Boateng who has played reasonably well helping to cut out Madrid attacks. Ronaldo had a couple of free kicks, one of which whizzes over the bar and the second pummels into the wall. Di Maria was involved in a number of dangerous looking moves in this game and one of which resulted in a goal when he cut in from the right wing to play it to Ozil who cooly dribbled it around the keeper to slot it into an empty net.
1-2: The first 25 minutes were hectic and Real Madrid slowed the pace of the game down. Promising youngster and ex-Madrid player Daniel Parejo skipped past two defenders and fired from outside the area past Casillas' near post. Some more Getafe pressure followed Gavilan and Manu combine well on the left wing, followed by a poor effort by centre forward Miku. Getafe's pressure continued up until half time.
HT: Good to see Gaizka Mendieta doing punditry for the game. We British will remember him for his four year stint at Middlesbrough, although he spent almost ten years in his native Spain, at Valencia where he scored this fantastic strike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVRru7CGqQI
1-3: Getafe came out in the second half dominating play again with Gavilan having two shots in quick succession, both comfortably saved by Casillas. Their dominance wasn't to last a slow pass between the defenders was picked up by Benzema, who rolled it across to Ronaldo inside the box who then slot it into the bottom corner.
2-3: Arbeloa got sent off in the 81st minute for a second bookable offence after he deliberatly handled the ball as he shut down Mané's deep cross attempt. Just three minutes later and a poor clearance from Marcelo allowed Juan Angel Albin to score from close range. Mourinho didn't waste any time to adjust the team and brought on Garay for Ozil to fill the vacated right back position. Getafe left it too late as Ronaldo managed to relieve pressure from the Madrid defence by winning his team a free kick far up the pitch. Four minutes were added on but Madrid hung on to claim victory and go just two points behind arch rivals - Barcelona.
Madrids Attack: Regarded as one of the best players in the world, Kaka hasn't appeared for Madrid in the past eight months due to injury, meaning this was to be his first match under the current manager Jose Mourinho. He came on in the 75th minute to replace Benzema. The Brazilian had a good run out playing simple passes and having an attempt on goal. Karim Benzema has been the topic of discussion himself and could be on his way out of the Bernabeu. It is said that Benzema doesn't fit in with the Madrid style of play and after seeing him tonight I can understand, as when Ozil created himself some space and drilled the ball across to the space at the near post, Benzema didn't seem interested was still being tightly marked. With Higuan out for the season, Mourinho will be in need of an additional striker and interestingly commentators mentioned Emmanuel Adebayor.
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