Real Madrid 6-0 Real Valladolid: Karim Benzema scores a hat-trick in seven minutes

Karim Benzema scored a seven-minute hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Valladolid 6-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu.

A hat-trick in the first half meant he became the first player in the club’s history to score more than 20 goals in 11 seasons. Club legends Raúl and Alfredo Di Stefano have managed it for 10 seasons now, and the 35-year-old is in a league of his own.

Benzema’s goals on 29, 32 and 36 minutes meant he would get most of the plaudits but Rodrigo Joyce was man of the match and Ancelotti putting him behind Benzema in the line three behind the striker was also a change in the system that Carlo Ancelotti would do. I liked what he saw.

Benzema scored three goals within seven minutes in the first half of the match

The Italian has quickly stuck to his favored 4-3-3 this season, but will now be tempted to use that 4-2-3-1 against Barcelona on Wednesday in the second leg of the Spanish Cup semi-final to which Real Madrid trail 1.0, and against Chelsea the following week in Champions League.

It was almost the start of Roque’s display for Real Madrid as former Swansea midfielder Roque Mesa wreaked havoc. First he hit the crossbar from the edge of the area and then his pass found Lucas Rosa who crossed for Moncho to shoot wide.

But in the 23rd minute, Real Madrid was in the lead. It was started by Eduardo Camavinga and completed by Rodrigo. The Frenchman, who was playing left back, took the ball back in the middle of the home team’s half. He gave it to Aurelien Choameni, who fed Marco Asensio. And he rolled it to Rodrigo, who beat Sergio Asengo against Valladolid.

On 28 minutes it was the second when Vinicius feinted his way inside from the left and picked off Benzema in the six-yard box. The French striker leaned in to score from a low header after the ball was deflected.

The striker put the game to bed in the first half as Real Madrid made a statement at the Bernabéu

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Benzema got the score three more minutes after Rodrigo kicked the ball to Vinicius and pushed it into Benzema’s path. This time his finisher was a curling shot into the corner which put the game in doubt before the break.

There was no stopping him now and four minutes later when Rodrygo’s cross was behind him he volleyed in from close range with a stunning bicycle kick that made it 4-0.

Kike Perez came on at the break and almost immediately hit the post with a shot that beat Courtois but not the woodwork. Rodrygo then hit the post from Valladolid as Real Madrid tried to extend their lead.

In the 65th minute, Real Madrid were so relaxed that they managed to bring in Eden Hazard and he was whistled onto the pitch by the home team’s fans. It was Benzema who gave way. Real Madrid may have given up on catching Barcelona, ​​but Benzema is closing in on Robert Lewandowski and is now just three goals behind the pole in Spain’s top scorer list. His burial was done.

There was almost a goal immediately after the substitution but the VAR disallowed Rodrygio’s goal because Vinicius used his arm in preparation. Finally came the fifth when Asensio scored from the wonderful Rodrigo.

All that was missing was a goal from Hazard. On his first start since playing in the cup last January, and only for the fourth league game of the season, he struggled but the goal never came and looked heavy even against a jaded Valladolid defence. He did raise the sixth level though. Asenjo’s throw went straight to the Belgian and put Lucas Vazquez on the score.

It capped off a very productive afternoon for the team. Real Madrid showed that they are still full of goals and ready for the big cup matches ahead.