Real Madrid Beat Betis (The battle of the Reals)

Here are the stakes before going into the game:

Jose Mourinho hasn't lost a single game in October in the last seven years.


Cristiano Ronaldo could make his 100th appearance with Real Madrid.


In the First Division, Betis, along with Sporting and Granada, have yet to concede a goal to Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano will be looking forward to breaking that record no doubt.

Mesut Ozil's 23rd birthday. That says it all.

Those were the stakes. This is what happened.

Stalemate, Stalemate sang the first half. But that was not to be. Higuain opened the scoring at the Bernabeu in the 46th minute after a spectacular (every thing that Cris does is spectacular) pass from Cristiano. Ronaldo also aided Kaka with a (spectacular) pass to create his golazo thirteen minutes later.

 There were still more goals to come. Jorge Molina capitalized on a defensive blunder. (Don't worry Sergio; I'm not saying anything.) Di Maria gave a nice through ball in behind the Betis defence and Higuain was able to skip round the keeper and stick it into an empty net.

 Three seconds minutes later,  Higuain completed his hat-trick.  Angel di Maria was in the mix again giving a good ball to his Argentine compatriot and this time Pipita  lobed the ball over an advancing Casto. Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant.

Random Moments of Perplexity and Ambiguity

Cristiano got subbed in. The End.

Let's review are stake checklist, shall we?

              

  Jose Mourinho continues his seven year run of not losing a single game in October.

     Cristiano Ronaldo made his 100th appearance with Real Madrid.

    In the Spanish First Division, Betis concedes a goal to Cristiano Ronaldo.

 Mesut Ozil's 23rd birthday was made complete with a win.

Whose was your man of the match.  Higuain no doubt is the top contender (no?) because of his hat-trick. But remember, both Di maria and Cristiano gave TWO assists. But then also you could give it to the birthday boy. Just. Because.