Gareth Bale scored as Real Madrid made a winning start to the La Liga season with a 2-0 victory over Getafe on Sunday.sbo666
A Real side shorn of the services of the departed Cristiano Ronaldo, and with summer signing Thibaut Courtois sitting on the bench alongside Luka Modric, Raphael Varane and Casemiro, cruised to victory at the Bernabeu.Dani Carvajal headed the hosts into a 20th-minute lead with his first league goal sincesbo666 April 2014 and Bale, who had earlier hit the bar, doubled their advantage six minutes after the restart to hand new manager Julen Lopetegui a win in his first league game at the helm.Madrid started in confident mood and Getafe goalkeeper David Soria had to pull off a fine fourth-minute save to keep out Bale's curling effort, although a late offside flag made his heroics somewhat unnecessary.Bale, who had scored the club's first La Liga goal of the season in each of the three previous campaigns, only just failed to extend that record when he dived to meet Marcelo's 16th-minute cross, but saw his header hit the crossbar.