Real Madrid beat Elche 4-0, thanks to a Karim Benzema goal, this Wednesday in a game postponed from the 21st round of La Liga, allowing Real Madrid to move back to eight points behind leaders Barcelona.

Marco Asensio opened with an individual move (8), Karim Benzema increased the score by converting two penalties (31, 45+1), and Luka Modrić made it 4-0 (80) preventing Barca from escaping further in the standings.

By the way, Benzema with his double continued to write history with the white team by becoming Real Madrid’s second scorer in the Spanish championship with 230 goals, overtaking the legendary Raúl González Blanco and his 228 goals.

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“Good Date”

“It was a good game, well controlled, we opened the scoring early, then we controlled well, we had a lot of chances. It was a good game at a crucial moment of the season,” Ancelotti said.

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Real Madrid barely noticed the absence of the suspended Vinicius in a match that soon turned when Asensio left three opponents to set himself up in space and score with a shot past the post (8).

The home team easily reached the goal of very soft Elche in defense, which showed a little more intensity in the second half.

After a quarter of an hour, Benzema should have scored the second goal with a header that went wide (15), but he had to wait half an hour to realize Enzo Roc’s penalty kick (31).

Elche couldn’t stop the entry of Benzema and Rodrygo into goalkeeper Edgar Badía’s zone, and on the brink of the break they saw a third come.

Diego González brought down Rodrygo in the penalty area when he was in front of the goal, causing a penalty which Benzema converted again (45 + 1) and went on to make history. (D)