True Madrid warmed up because of their Champions League semi-final first-leg with Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday with a 3-1 triumph over Real Betis at the Santiago Bernabeu in Spainas Primera Division. Following a slow opening by the hosts they went forward right before half-time when Mesut Ozil latched onto Karim Benzema's through baseball to slot house at the near post. Benzema then caused it to be two in similar fashion as he took benefit of Cristiano Ronaldo's move to beat Betis keeper Adrian, but Jorge Molina's fee halved the deficit for the visitors after Ruben Castro was brought down by Nacho. Castro then came within inches of stealing a draw for Betis as he struck the bar two minutes from time before Ozil completed Madrid's nerves with a third target in stoppage time. Damage issues But, there clearly was some bad news for Madrid on the injury front as both Marcelo and Luka Modric had to be replaced due to physical accidents, adding their participation in Germany in midweek in some doubt. And defense Pepe acknowledged the lack of the Brazilian and Croatian internationals might be a major hit for the nine-time European champions. "It is really a pity as they are very crucial players for all of us, but we usually wish to win," he told Canal Plus and we've a very big group with great players. The Portuguese also accepted that the lack of fit exercise for some of those on display for Madrid had taken its toll towards the end of the game. "After the goal they pushed a little more and we had plenty of people that had not performed for a while so it's normal you see that by the end. "We now need to think about Borussia. It's very important. We're playing for all the work we have done throughout every season and then we have the derby. We have to be well-prepared for these games." Introduction Jose Mourinho had sprung a in his starting line-up by giving an introduction to Brazilian midfielder Carlos Henrique Casemiro as he made a raft of changes with Wednesday's fit in mind. As both sides struck the wood and following a slow start, the game stumbled on existence towards half-time. Ronaldo was initially to get close as he fired a shot from 25 yards off the article before Dorlan Pabon volleyed Benat's cut-back off the top of the bar for the readers. The starting goal did arrive before the break though as a nice one-two between Benzema and Ozil opened the German inside the region to slot house his seventh group goal of the season. Benzema then doubled his side's advantage 12 minutes into the second time at the end of an an average of rapid Madrid counter-attack as he raced onto Ronaldo's pass to again beat Adrian at his near post. However, Betis were handed 22 minutes to a from time when Nacho sliced down Castro inside the place and his penalty was just sneaked by Jorge Molina past Diego Lopez despite the keeper finding a hand to it. The goal infused Betis with perception and Castro really nearly seized a spot two minutes from the end as he locked onto Ricardo Carvalho's poor header back to Lopez only to see his energy come back off the bar and Raul Albiol clear Pabon's follow-up shot off the point. And having survived that scare Madrid went rapidly up another end and made all three items as Ozil prodded home Callejon's influenced mix from hardly a yard. 626
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