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MADRID, JAN. 6. It took only seven minutes for Vanderlei Luxemburgo to win his first game as Real Madrid's new coach. Zinedine Zidane's penalty two minutes into injury time gave Real Madrid a 2-1 victory over Real Sociedad on Wednesday as the teams completed the remaining seven minutes of a Spanish league match suspended last month due to a bomb threat. Madrid's victory before a one-third full Santiago Bernabeu Stadium marked a successful debut for the Brazilian, who replaced the fired Mariano Garcia Remon last week. Madrid's third coach of the season, Luxemburgo declined to call his first match a `dream result' and said it was "down to the quality of the players."
Some 22,000 attended the game, played on the eve of a public holiday. Madrid permitted all spectators to enter the stadium free of charge regardless of whether they had watched the initial game. Luxemburgo saw his new team surge forward when the game resumed with an 88th-minute Sociedad goal kick with the score at 1-1. Zidane's penalty came after Ronaldo was fouled by defender Mikel Labaka as the game entered injury time. The win lifted Madrid into third place with 32 points from 17 games, level with Valencia but trailing runaway leader FC Barcelona by 12 points.
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