Real Madrid won 4-0 at home against bottom club Elche in LaLiga on Wednesday, as they look to continue cutting the points gap to leaders Barcelona.
Real, who on Saturday won the Club World Cup for a record-extending fifth time, are currently in second place with 48 points after 21 games. They trail table-toppers Barcelona on 56 points, who have also gone 12 games without a loss.
Marco Asensio, Karim Benzema and Luka Modric were all on target as Real wasted no time and could have opened the scoring four minutes into the game but defender Eder Militao narrowly missed the target from distance.
Asensio, however, effortlessly slalomed past the Elche defense four minutes later to put Real in front.
Benzema doubled their advantage from the spot just after the half-hour mark, firing into the top right corner after Ancelotti’s side were given a penalty for a handball.
“We handled ourselves well in the final third, we had a lot of chances and we kept a good eye on them to avoid their counter-attacks.
“It was a good game at an important moment in the season”.
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Meanwhile, scoring his goal number 229, Benzema surpassed former captain Raul Gonzalez (228) to become LaLiga’s fifth highest scorer and second-best scorer in the league for Real Madrid, with only Cristiano Ronaldo in front with 311 goals.
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ā GOAL (@goal) February 16, 2023
“Karim is having a fantastic career. Hopefully he can continue (in Madrid), because the fans are requesting him at this level.”
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