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Real
Madrid midfielder Kaka was delighted to return to action on Monday when
he played the last quarter of an hour of the La Liga giants’ 3-2 win at
Getafe just under five months after a knee operation.

The Brazil
playmaker and 2007 World Player of the Year looked fit and hungry,
linked well with Mesut Ozil and Cristiano Ronaldo and managed one
effort on goal that flew well wide.

The 28-year-old
former AC Milan player had not featured for his club since May and
after representing Brazil at the World Cup had surgery on his knee at
the start of August.

“I am very happy to
finally be back and return to the pitch with my team mates,” he said in
an interview with Spanish Television.

“I went through
some very difficult moments during this period but at last I think it
is over. I didn’t know when I would return, if I would return, and I am
very happy. I felt really good.” Asked if he was disappointed not to
have hit the target with his one chance, he said the victory for the
team was important.

He dedicated his
return to his family: “Above all to my wife as she knows what I went
through.” Kaka should give Real an extra edge in attack and his return
is good news for coach Jose Mourinho given the doubts over the fitness
of Gonzalo Higuain and the poor form of his strike partner Karim
Benzema.

“Obviously he’s not
yet at peak fitness but it is fantastic news for Real Madrid and I
think also for the Spanish league and the world of soccer,” said
Mourinho.

“He is a super player and he hasn’t been able to show that yet in Spain.

“He played 15 minutes today and he’ll be able to play 15 against
Levante (in the King’s Cup) on Thursday and little by little, he’ll
recover.”