Vibes in the Real Madrid camp are through the roof, and after booking their ticket to yet another final in the Carlo Ancelotti era, the Italian chief of Valdebebas gave the world champions a day off following their goalscoring retaliation in Catalonia.
The players' reaction? Reminiscent of a “school has been canceled due to weather” voicemail.
Vini Jr. and Karim Benzema stole the show at Camp Nou Wednesday as the attacking duo were dominant during Real Madrid’s 4-0 victory vs. Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semifinals. Madrid won on aggregate 4-1.
Benzema scored a hat trick while Vini Jr. scored one, drew a penalty and had what could be assist of the year.
Let’s skip straight to the good part and look at that fancy assist from the Brazilian. With Los Blancos leading 3-1 on aggregate in the 80th minute, Vini Jr. and Benzema put the nail in the Camp Nou coffin with a splendid move.
MADRID - Karim Benzema scored three goals in seven first-half minutes as Real Madrid thrashed Real Valladolid 6-0 on Sunday to cut Barcelona's lead in LaLiga to 12 points.
The hat trick moved Benzema up to 14 league goals this season and second on the list of top scorers — three behind Barça's Robert Lewandowski.
Rodrygo's opener from a smooth counter-attack after 22 minutes opened the flood gates as Benzema took charge at the Santiago Bernabéu, netting a first half hat-trick for Real Madrid for the first time in his career.
César Montes está listo para enfrentar uno de los desafíos más duros desde que arribó a LaLiga: Real Madrid.
Espanyol visitará a los merengues este sábado 11 de marzo, tratando de sumar puntos que lo alejen del descenso y extender la racha de tres partidos que lleva la Casa Blanca sin conocer la victoria
Montes liderará la defensa periquita y confía que su equipo algo de daño puede hacerle al Real Madrid.
Real Madrid defeated Al-Hilal 5-3 in the Club World Cup final on Saturday to be crowned world champions. Madrid’s front three of Karim Benzema, Federico Valverde and Vinícius Jr. were at their best and scored all of Madrid’s goals.
Al-Hilal became the first club from Saudi Arabia to make the Club World Cup final and didn’t give Real Madrid an easy time. No club outside of Europe and South America has ever won the competition and that streak lives on.
Al-Hilal never led in the game but managed to keep things interesting for the 90 minutes.
Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti said his team does not need winter signings as it is in good shape to resume the season in LaLiga, where they trail leaders Barcelona by two points.
The Italian coach considers that having healthy players, such as striker Karim Benzema, will be the key to face the schedule that awaits the Madrid side, who will be looking to defend their LaLiga, Spanish Super Cup and Champions League titles.
After an international winter break full of jaw-dropping goals, underdog runs, shockers and comebacks that en
Karim Benzema is fully fit to get back into the club season.
After leaving France's World Cup squad in November due to an injury, Benzema has had a fairly quick recovery and has been training with normality the past week with Real Madrid. He even played in a friendly.
In Real Madrid training today. pic.twitter.com/bQjmZiE0vc
The French national team has confirmed that Lucas Hernandez has sustained an ACL tear and will take no further part in the 2022 World Cup.
France defender Lucas Hernandez has torn his ACL — he is out of the World Cup and his 22/23 season is over. #WorldCup2022 #Qatar2022