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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23540284" data-attributes="member: 158020">Lopetegui pleased with Bale and Real Madrid after La Liga opener Julen Lopetegui praised goalscorer Gareth Bale and European champions Real Madrid as the former Spain boss celebrated his first La Liga victory.   Taking charge of his maiden league match as Madrid head coach after  replacing Zinedine Zidane, Lopetegui oversaw Madrid's 2-0 win over  Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.Madrid suffered a 4-2 extra-time defeat to rivals Atletico Madrid in  the UEFA Super Cup last time out but Lopetegui's men bounced back thanks  to Bale and Dani Carvajal.After Carvajal opened the scoring in the 20th minute, Bale – headlining Madrid's forward line following Cristiano Ronaldo's move to Juventus – doubled the lead six minutes into the second half.   Discussing Bale's performance afterwards, Lopetegui told reporters:  "I liked the team's performance in general and Bale had a very good  match.  "He offers lots of different things, like the other players. We must  continue working, the team always comes before individual talent and  that goes for Bale too."  Lopetegui added: "We're satisfied with the win and happy because the  team did a lot right. There's still room for improvement at this stage  of the season, as with all teams. We played with intensity, played as a  team and scored two goals against a side who had the third best  defensive record last season and who came here and made things  difficult."There was no debut for Thibaut Courtois in the Spanish capital as Keylor Navas retained his place against Getafe. A high-profile arrival from Chelsea, Belgium international Courtois sat out the Super Cup clash and he had to settle for a place on the bench for Sunday's league opener.   "We'll be running with three goalkeepers in the squad. We're  delighted with the competition for the goalkeeper's jersey. It's  marvellous and I don't see it as a problem, but rather see it as us  having several options," Lopetegui said."We'll make decisions as the season progresses. We're really happy with the performance levels of our goalkeepers."</blockquote>

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