Raul leaves it late as Real open with a win

AN 85th minute winner from Raul secured a 2-1 win for Real Madrid over Cadiz in their opening La Liga match of the season last night.

Mon, 29 Aug, 2005 - 01:00
James Whelan

Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 4th minute, but Pavoni levelled in the 68th minute and it took Raul to score the winner just five minutes from time to give Madrid an excellent away win to kick-start to their domestic season.

Reigning champions Barcelona got off to an unimpressive start when they were held to a 0-0 draw by newly-promoted Alaves on Saturday.

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