All change in defense, but Real Madrid win in Vigo

 　　MADRID, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo were enough to give Real Madrid a 2-1 win away to struggling Celta Vigo on Sunday.

　　Ronaldo scored his two goals, the second of which was a penalty in the second half, while Iago Aspes gave hope to Celta after momentarily leveling the scores.

　　However, although Madrid took the points Celta had chances to take a point after Ronaldo's second goal and would be disappointed with their lack of efficiency in front of goal which has left them second from bottom of the league table.

　　While not exactly making wholesale¹ changes to the side that qualified² for the last eight of the Champions League, Real Madrid coach, Jose Mourinho totally altered his side's defense³ with Raul Albiol, Pepe, Marcelo and Michael Essien coming into the side.

　　Meanwhile Xabi Alonso, who has a groin problem was rested although Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema provided plenty of threat in attack.

　　Celta meanwhile knew what it was like to defeat Real Madrid in front of their fans this season after a 2-1 Copa del Rey win earlier this campaign and coach Abel Resino put his faith in Iago Aspes and veteran Quique de Lucas, who returned to the starting 11.

　　The home side kicked off second from bottom of the table after Mallorca's 2-1 win at home to Sevilla, but were quickly on the attack with Madrid keeper, Diego Lopez needing to maintain the form he had shown in Manchester on Tuesday to deny De Lucas and Alex Lopez, who produced a powerful volley from a corner kick.

　　De Lucas then curled a free kick just wide of the corner of the Real Madrid goal as the home side controlled the weight of the play in the opening 20 minutes, although they had a massive let off when Ronaldo opted⁴ to pass when through on goal when it looked easier to score.

　　Javi Varas then blocked from Benzema as the visitors showed some signs of life, before Albiol fired over the bar and Varas again did well to deny Javier Callejon with five minutes left in the first half, just before Benzema rattled⁵ the Celta bar with a header.

　　Celta were looking groggy⁶ and Varas had to make another low save from Ronaldo before the break.

　　Madrid had looked likely to score in the closing minutes of the first half and the big surprise after the break was that it didn't come until the 63rd minute and when it came it was with a large dose of fortune.

　　Callejon's shot rebounded⁷ off Ronaldo and fell kindly⁸ for the striker to fire past Varas. However, the lead lasted just two minutes as Aspas' shot deflected⁹ Pepe to level for the hosts.

　　Mourinho brought Kaka into the game and the Brazilian justified¹⁰ the change provoking the decisive penalty as he was brought down by Varas, who probably didn't need to make the challenge.

　　Ronaldo sent the penalty into the middle of the goal to decide the game, although both sides had chances to add further goals, with Gonzalo Higuain guilty of two bad misses and Celta substitute Park Chu Young hitting the bar in the last minute of the game.

1 wholesale   

n.批发；adv.以批发方式；vt.批发，成批出售

参考例句：

• The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.零售商批发购进货物，以零售价卖出。
• Such shoes usually wholesale for much less.这种鞋批发出售通常要便宜得多。

2 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 opted   

v.选择，挑选( opt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She was co-opted onto the board. 她获增选为董事会成员。
• After graduating she opted for a career in music. 毕业后她选择了从事音乐工作。

5 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

6 groggy   

adj.体弱的；不稳的

参考例句：

• The attack of flu left her feeling very groggy.她患流感后非常虚弱。
• She was groggy from surgery.她手术后的的情况依然很不稳定。

7 rebounded   

弹回( rebound的过去式和过去分词 )； 反弹； 产生反作用； 未能奏效

参考例句：

• The ball rebounded from the goalpost and Owen headed it in. 球从门柱弹回，欧文头球将球攻进。
• The ball rebounded from his racket into the net. 球从他的球拍上弹回网中。

8 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

9 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。

10 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。