Real Madrid 6-3 Girona: 5 Talking Points

#1 Girona were able to exploit the defensive frailties of Real Madrid, from deliveries into the box

The Madrid defence was second-best in the air, inside it's own penalty area.

Despite the absence of Sergio Ramos in the side, Madrid should've put in a much better defensive display than the one they did against Girona.

All the three goals that they conceded came from set-plays (all corners). The inability to get theirs heads to the ball was fruitfully exposed by the opposition striker who got to the ball ahead of anyone in a white shirt. Twice.

The third also coming from a cross into the box that the centre-backs failed to contend with as, yet again, a Girona player rose the highest.

The defence looked far from settled as they failed to adapt to the tactics of the opposition. Girona came close from the same short-corner routine a couple fo times before eventually scoring thrice using the same approach.

Girona made the game open-ended as they conjured up 10 attempts with 6 on target. We wonder what a more seasoned team could achieve.

How long can Zidane hope to out-score the opposition to win the game is something that will trouble the Frenchman quite a bit, especially with the Champions League fixtures to think about.

But as long as they've got Ronaldo, he needn't.