Jose Mourinho enjoyed a winning home debut as Real Madrid got
their Primera Division campaign up and running with a narrow victory
over Osasuna.
Centre-back Ricardo Carvalho netted the only goal of the game just
after half-time to give Madrid the spoils in a match they dominated
but struggled to finish off a battling Osasuna side.
The result lifts Madrid onto four points after Mourinho, who has
not lost a home match in eight years during his time at Porto, Chelsea
and Inter Milan, saw his side held goalless at Real Mallorca in
their season-opener a fortnight ago.
It also lifts them one point above arch-rivals Barcelona, who suffered
a shock 2-0 home defeat to promoted Hercules earlier this evening.
The Madrid fans cheered that result when it came up on the Bernabeu
scoreboard at the start of tonight's game, but those same supporters
seemed far less impressed 45 minutes later by the disappointing
fare offered in the first half by their new-look side.
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