Karim Benzema hat-trick fires Real Madrid into Copa del Rey final
<p>Real Madrid has secured their place in the Copa del Rey final against Osasuna in May after a convincing 4–0 victory against Barcelona at the Spotify Camp Nou on Wednesday overturning a 1–0 first leg deficit.</p>
<p>Karim Benzema, who scored a hat-trick against Real Valladolid over the weekend, continued his scintillating form with another hat-trick, taking his tally to 25 goals in all competitions this season.</p>
<p>Madrid’s Vinicius Jr. had opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time to level the tie on aggregate, and Benzema’s second-half hat-trick silenced the home crowd of over 94,000, sending Madrid through to their first domestic cup final since 2014. Barcelona had won the previous three meetings between the two sides and started the game strongly, but they lacked a punch in the final third.</p>
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