He did it again.
After scoring a hat-trick against Paris Saint-Germain in the knockout round of the Champions League, thus qualifying his team for the rest of the competition, Karim Benzema again shook the net three times this Wednesday evening.
This time against Chelsea, defending champions of the cup with big ears, in the quarter-final first leg at Stamford Bridge.
"El Nueve" first opened the scoring in the 21st minute with a powerful header to conclude a lightning counterattack with his partner Vinicius Jr.
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As against the Rouge et Bleu in March, the French international did not wait long to score the second goal of the evening.
Only three minutes after opening the scoring, "KB9" flew again to deceive the vigilance of Edouard Mendy with a magnificent header crossed on a fantastic cross from Luka Modric (23rd).
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Finally, the Madrid center-forward concluded his incredible cross, taking advantage of a technical error from the Chelsea goalkeeper, just after returning from the locker room (46th).
With this hat-trick, which offered an oh so important victory to the Merengue, the captain of Real Madrid was logically elected man of the match.
With 11 achievements, the Frenchman has returned to a single small unit of Robert Lewandowski in the ranking of Champions League scorers.