Jose Maria Gutierrez

Spanish Football Real Madrid Take 5 after beating Tenerife
After a series of victories, Real Madrid continues its winning streak in traffic this season by taking fifth consecutive game of the year with a score of 3-0 against the Tenerife on Saturday. With the win, the meringues are perfect in the season points with 15, one goal ahead of their arch rivals, Barcelona. The game was also the first in which Cristiano Ronaldo has not scored, he added five in the last four games of the season. Despite the clear victory, Real Madrid has begun limited in their game, with little opportunity to open the scoring. The Blanquiazule, on the other hand, had opened an excellent defense strategy, the handling of action the locals and even take more control over the ball. In fact, the Real Madrid fans have been more than a little upset with the performance of their team in the first half, which ended with a score of 0-0. Entering the second half, coach Manuel Pellegrini has wisely decided to replace Kaka and Esteban Granero with Sergio Ramos with Jose Maria "Guti" Gutierrez. With these substitutions, the game immediately flowed more easily, it took only two minutes for Real Madrid to take the lead. Karim Benzema took advantage of the Cross Xabi Alonso to head the ball and send it to the net. The Merengues are now ahead by 1. Tenerife, however, do not let the goal of destroying their confidence, and were close to scoring when Alejandro Alfaro tried a header which went wide. Nino then had a great chance but his lob went wide also. Real Madrid, it was much more threatening, just nine minutes after the first goal, Benzema scored his team's second after Tenerife defender Manolo Martinez was unable to cope with a long ball. Kaka has worked in the field as a threat to Tenerife, with talent to spare, he has opened spaces in the area to create more opportunities for his team, including giving Ronaldo the chance of a goal. Ronaldo, however, did not score. From time to time, Tenerife continue to intimidate, but Iker Casillas made great decisions which denied the attempts of Tete. Kaka on the other hand, continued its offensive to Real Madrid, and minute 79, Brazil beat goalkeeper Sergio Aragoneses with a spectacular goal from the edge of the penalty area, bringing the score to 3 -0. The goal seemed to Tenerife deplete their options, and the Merengues simply handled their lead until the game closed, 3-0. At the end of the game, Benzema expressed his satisfaction in helping his team with two goals, while praising the work of Kaka in the second half. "Kaka coming on at half-time created more space for us in the second half and it was much easier, it has been key," said Benzema. With his fifth win in tow, only Real Madrid hope to maintain their position in the standings at the end and, perhaps, to steal the title of La Liga rivals Barcelona this season. The next game in the Liga for the Merengues will be Oct. 4 against Sevilla, while Tenerife will face Deportivo at home.