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Robinho dazzles as Real start with a win
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-29 10:19

MADRID, Aug 28 - New signing Robinho electrified Real Madrid and set up the winning goal in a 2-1 victory at Cadiz in Sunday's opening game of their new season.

Real Madrid's Robinho controls the ball during their Spanish first division soccer match against Cadiz at the Ramon de Carranza stadium in Cadiz August 28, 2005.
Real Madrid's Robinho controls the ball during their Spanish first division soccer match against Cadiz at the Ramon de Carranza stadium in Cadiz August 28, 2005. [Reuters]
The 21-year-old Brazilian came on at 1-1 midway through the second half and helped fashion a wonderful winner for Raul with dazzling individual skill on the edge of the area.

Last season's runners-up Real had taken the lead against the run of play when Ronaldo squeezed a low shot inside the post in the fifth minute.

Cadiz got a deserved equaliser midway through the second half when Argentine striker Matias Pavoni hooked a volley past Iker Casillas.

Real grabbed victory five minutes from time when Raul poked home into the empty net after Robinho and Ronaldo combined to carve open the Cadiz defence.

Reigning champions Barcelona failed to get their title defence off to a winning start on Saturday when they were held to a 0-0 draw at promoted Alaves after an inspired performance by their former goalkeeper Roberto Bonano.

Unlike Cadiz, Celta Vigo celebrated their return to the Primera Liga with a 2-0 win at home to Malaga on Sunday.

Argentine midfielder Gustavo Lopez got the Galicians off to a flying start when he sent a left-foot rocket into the roof of the net after a quickly taken free kick in the 10th minute.

Former Malaga striker Fernando Baiano added the second two minutes into the second half when he finished off a sharp counter-attack with a shot from a tight angle.

There was an upset in Pamplona where Osasuna snatched a 2-1 win over Champions League side Villarreal thanks to a double from Argentine striker Bernardo Romeo while Bernd Schuster's Getafe claimed a 2-0 win at Espanyol.

Athletic Bilbao lead the fledgling table thanks to their comprehensive 3-0 win at home to Basque rivals Real Sociedad on Saturday.



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