Hat-trick Benzema leads Real Madrid to crush Almeria
Real Madrid crushed their counterpart Almeria by a score (4-2), on Saturday evening, in the 32nd round of the Liga, in the stronghold of Meringi "Santiago Bernabeu."
Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick for Real Madrid in the minutes 5, 17 and 42, Rodrigo 47, Almeria Lazaro in the 46th minute and Lucas Robertoni in the 61st minute.
The victory brought Real Madrid to 68 points in the Liga standings table, while Almeria froze at 33 points in 16th place.
The game began with pressure from Real Madrid resulting in the first goal with the signing of France's Karim Benzema in the 5th minute, as Vinicius Junior sprinted on the left end and crossed towards Benzema, who fired straight into the net.
The quick response from Almeria came with a shot from Ramzani that passed the top of the horizontal crossbar of Courtois' goal in the 7th minute.
Real Madrid's pressure, corrected by Karim Benzema inside the box, continued to be blocked by goalkeeper Fernando MartÃnez in the 8th minute.
Karim Benzema added the second goal in the 17th minute, and in the same scenario of the first goal, Rodrigo Silva sprinted with a distinctive individual effort on the right end, passing inside the area towards the Frenchman, who put the ball into the net.
Almeria striker Ramzani rose to shoot a header that went past goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois' left post in the 26th minute.
The match referee awarded Real Madrid a penalty in the 42nd minute, after a violent intervention by Ramzani on Lucas Vázquez, and Karim Benzema for the execution, where he fired down the left of the goalkeeper, adding a third goal for Real Madrid and his personal hat-trick.
Before half-time, Lazaro scored to reduce the gap to Almeria, in the 45 + 1 minute, receiving a pass from Ramzani and firing into the empty net.
Hat-trick Benzema leads Real Madrid to crush Almeria
At the start of the second half, Rodrigo succeeded in adding a fourth goal in the 47th minute, with a rocket hit on the boundary of the box, inhabiting the extreme left of goalkeeper Fernando MartÃnez.
Ramzani aimed a ball from inside the Real Madrid penalty area, passing the top of the horizontal crossbar of Thibaut Courtois' goal in the 52nd minute.
Almeria's Lucas Robertone succeeded in adding the second goal in the 61st minute, from a fatal foul at the start of the attack, Almeria players cut the ball, Portillo sent a cross towards Robertoni, who rose and fired a header into Courtois' net.
Rodrigo Joyce scored the fifth goal in the 64th minute, but the match referee overturned it for offside.
The match referee awarded Benzema a penalty in the 81st minute, after rallying with goalkeeper Fernando Martinez, but the referee reversed his decision after returning to video technology.
French right-hander Karim Benzema was denied the addition of the team's fifth goal, and his fourth personal goal, after a creeping ground strike from inside the box.
Eduardo Camavinga scored in the 89th minute, but the match referee overturned him for offside against goal-maker Lucas Vázquez.
The Mirnje continued to dominate play, earning 3 points and temporarily reducing the gap to 8 with leaders Barcelona.