In the early hours of Thursday morning, in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid reversed Paris 3-1 to enter the Champions League quarter-finals, and Benzema, who scored a hat-trick in the second half, won the title of UEFA's best of the whole game.
It was Benzema's 500th start for Real Madrid in all competitions, and with this statistic he became the second foreign player in team history to achieve this achievement after Carlos (524).
In this game, Real Madrid trailed by one goal in the first half, 0-2 on aggregate, and broke out in the final moments, Benzema first snatched the opportunity from the feet of Donnarumma, and then received a pass from Vinicius to break the goal. In the 75th and 77th minutes, Benzema scored another goal and scored a hat-trick to help Real Madrid eliminate Paris 3-2 on aggregate.
The goal in this match also made Benzema the first player in The history of the Champions League to score for 18 consecutive calendar years (2005-2022). The number of goals scored at Real Madrid reached 309. Benzema also surpassed the team's star Di Stéfano, behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Raul, becoming the third top scorer of Real Madrid.
Benzema, who was 34 years and 80 days old, also surpassed Giroud (34 years and 63 days) to become the oldest hat-trick player in Champions League history. It is worth mentioning that the third place in this record is the Portuguese star Ronaldo, who last wore a hat in the Champions League at the age of 34 years and 35 days.
The comment given by the UEFA Technical Observer Mission was: "This is a wonderful performance by Benzema and a special Champions League hat-trick of his. ”