Real Madrid beat Elche 4-0 and are eight points behind Barcelona

Real Madrid beat Elche 4-0 and are eight points behind Barcelona

Real Madrid blasted Elche 4-0 and lost eight points to Barcelona

Real Madrid's Karim Benzema (left) celebrates after scoring a goal against Elche in a Spanish league match on February 15, 2023.

Madrid – Footballers Real Madrid won in the 21st round of the Spanish league thanks to two goals from Karim Benzema over the last Elche 4:0. The defending champions are eight points behind leaders Barcelona.

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The “White Ballet”, which dominated the club world championship on Saturday, decided on the triumph in the opening act, when it prevailed three times. Asensio opened the scoring in the eighth minute, then Benzema scored twice from the penalty kick. With the first converted penalty, he became independent from Raúl in second place among Real's all-time best league scorers. In total with today's goals, he has 230 of them, Cristiano Ronaldo leads the list with 311 goals. The final result was determined in the 80th minute by substitute Modrič.

Hopelessly last Elche, which won for the first time in the league season last year, has a twelve-point deficit to the first place, guaranteeing salvation.

Spanish Football League – 21st round:

Real Madrid – Elche 4:0 (31st and 45th +1 both from pen. Benzema, 8th Asensio, 80th Modric).

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1. FC Barcelona 21 18 2 1 43:7 56
Real Madrid 21 15 3 3 48
3. San Sebastian 21 13 3 5 31:21 42
4. Atlético Madrid 21 11 5 5 30:17 38
5. Betis Sevilla 21 10 4 7 27:22 34
6. Vallecano 21 9 6 6 28:23 33
7 . Bilbao 21 9 5 7 31: 22 32
8. Villarreal 21 9 4 8 31
9. Pamplona 21 6 7 19:19 30
10. Mallorca 21 8 4 9 16:20 28
11. Girona 21 6 6 9 27:31 24
12 . FC Sevilla 21 6 6 9 23:29 24
13 . Valladolid 21 7 3 11 15: 28 24
14. Celta Vigo 21 6 5 10 22:33 23
15. Almería 21 6 4 11 25:34 22
16. Cádiz 21 5 7 9 17:33 22
17. Español Barcelona 21 4 9 8 26:33< /td>

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18. Valencia 21 5 5 11 26:26 20
19. Getafe 21 4 7 10 18:28 19
20. Elche 21 1 14 15:44 9