Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: April 02, 2023, 22:15 IST
La Liga: Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema vs Real Valladolid (AP)
Real Madrid thrashed Real Valladolid 6-0 as Karim Benzema netted a hat-trick inside a seven-minute spell
Karim Benzema scored a shocking hat-trick in a seven-minute salvo as Real Madrid thumped Real Valladolid 6-0 on Sunday in La Liga.
The champions, second, sit 12 factors behind leaders Barcelona after the Catalans beat Elche on Saturday, with 11 video games remaining every.
Carlo Ancelotti’s facet warmed up for his or her Copa del Rey semi-final conflict on Wednesday with their arch-rivals in type by dismantling the helpless guests, sixteenth and some extent above the drop zone.
Rodrygo Goes opened the scoring early on, earlier than Benzema’s hat-trick, together with a spectacular acrobatic effort, with Marco Asensio netting the fifth within the second half and Lucas Vazquez including one other late on.
Rodrygo had one other objective dominated out for handball by Vinicius Junior, who arrange two of Benzema’s strikes, as Madrid ran riot within the spring sunshine on the Santiago Bernabeu.
Rodrygo slotted dwelling the opener after 22 minutes after being teed up by Asensio to open the floodgates.
Vinicius’s cross allowed Benzema to internet the second after 29 minutes, and 4 minutes later, the Brazilian fed his French strike companion once more and the ahead curled dwelling from the sting of the field.
Benzema accomplished his hat-trick after 36 minutes when Rodrygo crossed and he pulled off a formidable overhead effort from contained in the six-yard field for his 14th objective of the season in La Liga.
The 35-year outdated overtook Getafe’s Enes Unal to turn out to be the division’s second prime goalscorer, behind Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski on 17.
Madrid slowed down within the second half, with Belgian winger Eden Hazard making his first league look since September as an alternative to Benzema.
After Rodrygo arrange Asensio to blast dwelling from inside the world, Hazard teed up Lucas Vazquez to spherical off the rout in toppage time.
Vinicius was additionally given a relaxation forward of the Clasico conflict midweek, as Madrid sharpened their tooth.
Having failed to hassle Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen within the 1-0 first leg defeat in March, Los Blancos look much more harmful now.
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