FC Barcelona-Real Madrid: Benzema sees triple, Vinicius untenable, Koundé struggling

TOPS

To discover

• League standings

• La Liga fixtures and results

Karim Benzema Power 3

After the hat-trick against Valladolid last weekend in La Liga for Real's 6-0 victory, Karim Benzema did it again this time in a Clasico.

Invisible for 44 minutes, KB9 offered in addition to that, a caviar to Vinicius for the opening of the Madrid score (45th + 1), therefore involved in the four goals.

The second period was simply perfect for Real and for Karim Benzema who scored two goals in eight minutes (50th and 58th) to give his team a comfortable lead before putting the icing on the Merengue cake at the end of the match on a jewel of decisive pass from Vinicius.

Everything is going well for Benzema who is responding to recent criticism in Spain against him.

Baffling Vinicius

The Brazilian could have known like his team a nightmare evening before switching to a dream.

Warned quite early during a scuffle with Gavi, we believed for a time that the Brazilian would not end the meeting by continuing like this.

Very little success during the whole of the first period, it was he who gave the advantage to his team just before the break.

A goal then and a delicious decisive pass with the help of a devastating double contact which deceived Eric Garcia, the last defender at the end of the game, for Karim Benzema's third goal.

Read alsoKing's Cup: Osasuna dismisses Athletic Bilbao and reaches the final

Eduardo Camavinga boss in defense

Aligned as a left side this Wednesday evening by Carlo Ancelotti, the former Rennais was impassable during the entire meeting.

The usual midfielder was not weakened by his new responsibilities in the evening, preventing each attempt by Raphinha and then Ferran Torres from coming to an end.

FLOPS

Jules Kounde

Unfortunately, the former Sevillian defender was not at all successful, sometimes even being involved in Madrid's goals.

On the first first, Koundé is totally taken by Karim Benzema's feint strike (like all the Barcelona defense) and narrowly misses saving the ball on his line without succeeding.

On the second goal, he follows Rodrygo who attracts the defense with his call before sliding to open the shooting window wide for Benzema.

Finally, on the last achievement of the visitors, he covers Benzema who could have been offside if he had anticipated but above all we must give credit to the inspiration of Vinicius.

Read alsoCoupe du Roi: "The most difficult thing is to choose an eleven" explains Carlo Ancelotti

Robert Lewandowski

Non-existent this Wednesday evening, Robert Lewandowski only took a closer look at the exceptional performance of helpless Karim Benzema.

Very little used, he was never dangerous, even forcing himself to come back and look for the balls lower during a good part of the first period.

He will only have touched 38 balls this evening (2 shots), the lowest total of the players who participated in the entire meeting.