On the evening of April 2, Beijing time, in the 27th round of La Liga, Real Madrid defeated Valladolid 6-0 at home, unbeaten in 13 rounds of the league, 12 points behind Barca. Benzema scored with a barb and scored a hat-trick in seven minutes, Rodrigo scored a pass, Asensio and Odriosola scored and Eden Hazard assisted.
Match highlights
Benzema scored a hat-trick in the first half of his Real Madrid career, the last time he scored three goals in a single game was against Chelsea in the Champions League last season, and the player who scored three goals in the first half of a league game was Cristiano Ronaldo. The Frenchman scored three goals in 6:30 and was also the fastest hat-trick in La Liga since Gamero scored three goals in 4:45 in 2017.
Rodrigo broke a 16-round La Liga goal drought, last scoring against Barca in October.
Wonderful review
In the league home game against Valladolid, Real Madrid won 45 games, 38 wins, drew 4 and lost 3, 113 to 42 goals conceded. Nacho is suspended, Rudiger and Mendy are absent, Camavinga makes a cameo left-back and Modric plays as a substitute with Valverde.
In the 5th minute, Kroos crossed from a corner and Joan Armeni headed wide. 10 minutes, Plata's header crosses and Rocco Mesa shoots from the top of the arc into the post.
One minute later, Lucas Rosa crossed from the left flank and Monchu's shot was slightly deflected.
Vinicius' cross hit Fresneda's arm, which the referee ignored.
In the 22nd minute, Camavinga broke the ball at the back, Asensio broke through with the ball and crossed diagonally, Rodrigo pushed from the right side of the box, 1-0.
Three minutes later, Rodrigo's cross from the right flank was blocked by goalkeeper Assenjo with a stop-ball volley.
In the 29th minute, Venicius crossed from the left flank and Benzema swooped down to make it 2-0.
In the 32nd minute, Venicius split the ball and Benzema scored with a fake shot from the left wing that swung past his opponent to make it 3-0.
In the 36th minute, Rodrigo crossed from the right flank and Benzema scored with a barb, making it 4-0.
On 40 minutes, Benzema's volley deflected. In the 46th minute, Kiko Perez shot into the post from the top of the arc.
In the 61st minute, Thibaut Courtois made a long pass and Rodrigo burst into the left rib of the box and dunked his opponent's low shot into the near post.
On 65 minutes, Venicius knocked back and Rodrigo pushed the goal, but Vinicius had the ball in hand and the goal was invalidated.
In the 73rd minute, Asensio split the ball, Rodrigo knocked back, Asensio pushed and made it 5-0.
On 86 minutes, Odriosola's right-wing push into the box was blocked by the goalkeeper and Eden Hazard's shot deflected.
In the 92nd minute, Eden Hazard crossed diagonally after breaking the ball in front and Odriosola shot low with a single knife, 6-0.
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Line-up
Real Madrid (4-2-3-1): Courtois; Lucas Vázquez, Militão, Alaba (69' Vallejo), Camavinga; Cross, Joan Armeni; Asensio, Rodrigo (82' Odriosola), Venicius (69' Ceballos); Benzema (65' Hazard)
Valladolid (3-5-2): Assenjo; Fresneda, Joaquín Fernandez, Yamick; Luis Pérez (46' Kirk Perez), Rocco Mesa (46' Aguado), Hungla (46' Oscar Burano), Monchu, Lucas Rosa (61' David Torres); Plata (46' Amarah), Sergio León