Real Madrid's Doing Their Version of Just Getting By

Injury-riddled Real Madrid is finding life hard these days -- relatively speaking -- in La Liga.

Dudes travelled all the way up to Basque country for their match against Deportivo Alavés and barely came out with a lucky 1-2 victory.

The King, Cristiano Ronaldo, hasn't found his form in league play yet, and combined with their long list of injured players, Los Blancos are getting a tiny taste of how the other half -- make that 95% -- lives.

Real’s new kid on the block, Dani Ceballos wasted very little time getting the show on the road when he scored in the 10th minute:

Manu García didn't let Real rest on its laurels, though, as he netted an amazing header five minutes before the intermission:

Looks like Real's defense needs a little more cohesiveness.

Deportivo's joy didn't last long, as Ceballos racked up his double two minutes later:

And that's the way it stayed, which was fortunate enough for the Castilian giants.