Karim Benzema scored a first-half hat-trick in Real Madrid’s 4-2 win over Almeria and is the fourth-highest scorer in the Spanish football league. The French forward made his mark in the 5th, 17th and 42nd minutes when he converted a penalty.
Benzema has already scored 236 goals in the Spanish league and has replaced the former Mexican star of Real Madrid, Hugo Sánchez, in fourth place in the all-time scorers’ table.
Telmo Zarra (252), Cristiano Ronaldo (311) and Lionel Messi (474) scored more goals than Benzema. The French gunner scored his third hat-trick in the last eight competitive matches. At the beginning of April, he defeated Valladolid in the league with three goals and then Barcelona in the Spanish Cup.
In the setup of the first half, Lazaro reduced and in the second half Rodrygo of the home team and Robertone of the visiting team added one goal each. The “White Ballet” is eight points behind leaders Barcelona, who have a game less. Almería is two points ahead of the relegation zone in the incomplete table.
Spanish Football League – Round of 32:
Elche – Vallecano 4:0 (45.+1 Morente, 52. Boyé, 53. Fidel, 72. Gumbau), Real Madrid – Almería 4:2 (5., 18. to 42. z pen. Benzema, 47. Rodrygo – 45.+1 Lazaro, 61. Robertone),
21:00 FC Barcelona – Betis Sevilla.
Table:
1. FC Barcelona 31 24 4 3 55:11 76 2. Real Madrid 32 21 5 6 69:30 68 3. Atlético Madrid 31 19 6 6 50:23 63 4. San Sebastian 32 17 7 8 41:29 58 5. Villarreal 31 15 5 11 43:32 50 6. Betis Sevilla 31 14 7 10 39:33 49 7. Bilbao 31 13 7 11 42:31 46 8. Pamplona 32 12 8 12 29:34 44 9. Vallecano 32 11 10 11 38:41 43 10. Girona 31 11 8 12 48:45 41 11. FC Sevilla 31 11 8 12 38:45 41 12. Mallorca 31 11 7 13 30:34 40 13. Celta Vigo 31 10 9 12 37:42 39 14. Valladolid 31 10 5 16 27:50 35 15. Valencia 31 9 6 16 34:37 33 16. Almería 32 9 6 17 40:57 33 17. Cádiz 31 7 11 13 23:43 32 18. Getafe 31 7 1 0 14 29:41 31 19. Spanish Barcelona 31 6 10 15 37:53 28 20. Elche 32 3 7 22 24:62 16
