



Raul put in a lobbed pass to Van Nistelrooy and who was under constant pressure from Helguera who was trying to wrestle him to the floor. Once inside the penalty box Van Nistelrooy could have played for a Penalty instead he showed some brute power to hold off Helguera and Chip the advancing keeper and made sure it stayed in for Real's second goal. 0-2 Real Madrid.

It was Guti again who found Sergio Ramos near the Valencia box, and the youngster with no angle for a shot, took one nonetheless and the ball ricocheted off the far post into the net. 0-3 Real Madrid at the 30 minute mark.
This was not to be the last piece of productive action for Madrid in the first half, minute 36 and the 3 Rs were dancing around, constantly changing positions in and around the Valencia box. Again it was Guti who faked a shot and then made and exquisite pass to Robinho who fired in first time on the volley and it was Van Nistelrooy who would turn it in for his second goal of the night and the 4th for Madrid. Real players were in for demolition and it was evident after the first goal from Raul that they smelled blood and each attacking move was with an intent to score. The is was evident when Van Nistelrooy scored, Raul was also sliding in, incase the Dutchman missed. 0-4 Real Madrid and it was to remain at half time.


Real looked to consolidate the win in the second half by trying to hold on to possession as much as possible and defending deep waiting for the counter attack. Valencia finally got something to cheer about when Joaquin who had been kept quiet all through by Gago and Marcelo slipped away from the Argentine and crossed in for Angulo, with Metzelder ball watching the striker finished with a superlative left foot shot giving Cassilas no chance. 1-4 Valencia.
If Real had knocked down Valencia in the first 45 minutes with 4 punches, the knock out punch the fifth one came few minutes later. Again some brilliant passing between Gago and Guti saw the Spaniard threading in a superb pass to Robinho who made a superb trick on Miguel and still had the ball in his feet to take a shot and score for Madrid's 5th of the night.

Schuster quickly removed Marcelo and replaced him for Heinze, giving the Argentine some playing time in a comfortable situation. He also replaced Sergio Ramos by Torres for some well earned rest for the superb Ramos. Schuster made the final change by taking out Van Nistelrooy and giving Baptista some time on the pitch. When Real Madrid's finishing and the intent to win has to be appreciated, it was Schuster's tactical change in the midfield that was the key. He first took out Valencia's attacking play through the center with Diarra and had Gago supporting the wing backs to cover the likes of Joaquin. With Gago being a better link player it helped Guti to float around and he almost created 4 of the 5 goals for Madrid. As always when Guti has a bad day he is invisible on the pitch, but when he has a good day he is unstoppable.

Real have put extra pressure on Barca who play Valladolid on Thursday. This is the second time Real has scored 5 goals in an away game and against the likes of Villareal and Valencia who are in the top 5 in Spain is no child's play.
Here are all the goals:
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