Real crush Zaragoza 6-0 to open up La Liga

 　　MADRID, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid kicked off the Spanish La Liga season with a 6-0 win away to Zaragoza on Sunday.

　　Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick while Marcelo, Xabi Alonso and Kaka also got on the score sheet as Jose Mourinho's side romped¹ to a win that was so easy it was almost embarrassing.

　　Real Madrid never looked in trouble against a time in financial administration and the victory could well set the tone for another season in which they go head to head with FC Barcelona with the other 18 sides in Spain trailing far behind.

　　Sunday's games kicked off at mid-day as Atletico Madrid and Osasuna both missed chances in a 0-0 draw in the Vicente Calderon Stadium.

　　Rayo Vallacano, who also returned to the top flight, took a merited point away to fancied Athletic² club Bilbao. Ander Iturraspe put Athletic ahead early in the second half, but veteran midfielder Jose Movilla leveled from inside the home area not long afterwards.

　　Joanthan de Guzman's deflected³ shot was enough to give Mallorca a 1-0 win against an Espanyol side that was clearly missing the firepower of Pablo Osvaldo, who looks set to leave the club before the end of the transfer deadline.

　　Getafe drew 1-1 at home to Levante in front of a sparsely⁴ populated Alfonso Perez Coliseum. Miku put Getafe ahead in the second half, but Getafe coach Luis Garcia's home debut⁵, which was against his former club, was ruined when Juanlu leveled for the visitors, 13 minutes from time.

　　Sevilla got off to a flying start against big spending Malaga, when Alvaro Negredo scored in the second minute and doubled his side's lead after 25 minutes.

　　Santi Cazorla scored a free kick nine minutes from time to give some emotion to the game, but Sevilla held on to help overcome the disappointment of going out of Europe in midweek and to show Malaga that despite their signings, the club needs time to form a team.

　　On Saturday night, Granada returned to the Spanish La Liga league after a 35 year absence with a 0-1 defeat against Betis on Saturday night.

　　A dull game was decided⁶ by a late header from Betis striker Ruben Castro, although neither team did anything to suggest they will do anything other than struggle this campaign.

　　Valencia and Racing⁷ Santander produced a seven goal thriller⁸ in the Mestalla Stadium with Valencia striker Roberto Soldado scored a hat-trick as Valencia scored two late goals to defeat Racing 4-3.

　　Soldado scored at both ends in the opening five minutes, putting his side ahead in the first minute of the game, but four minutes later he deflected a corner into his own net to make the score 1-1. Lautaro Acosta and Adrian Gonzalez made it 3-1 for the visitors and Valencia looked to be heading for defeat.

　　Adil Rami's powerful header gave the home side hope and in a dramatic finish, Soldado scored twice in the last two minutes to give Valencia what had looked like an unlikely win.

　　The day kicked off with Real Sociedad winning 2-1 away to Sporting Gijon thanks to two goals from Imanol Agirretxe, who had the honor of scoring the first two goals of the season.

　　FC Barcelona end the first round of games at home to Villarreal on Monday night.

1 romped   

v.嬉笑玩闹( romp的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指在赛跑或竞选等中）轻易获胜

参考例句：

• Children romped on the playground. 孩子们在操场上嬉笑玩闹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• John romped home well ahead of all the other runners. 约翰赛马跑时轻而易举地战胜了所有的选手。 来自辞典例句

2 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

3 deflected   

偏离的

参考例句：

• The ball deflected off Reid's body into the goal. 球打在里德身上反弹进球门。
• Most of its particles are deflected. 此物质的料子大多是偏斜的。

4 sparsely   

adv.稀疏地；稀少地；不足地；贫乏地

参考例句：

• Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated. 与其面积相比，这个城市的人口是稀少的。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The ground was sparsely covered with grass. 地面上稀疏地覆盖草丛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

8 thriller   

n.惊险片，恐怖片

参考例句：

• He began by writing a thriller.That book sold a million copies.他是写惊险小说起家的。那本书卖了一百万册。
• I always take a thriller to read on the train.我乘火车时，总带一本惊险小说看。