Real Madrid won a landslide victory over Real Mallorca 6-1, in the match that took place at the Santiago Bernabeu in the sixth round of the Spanish Football League.
Real Madrid regained the lead with 16 points, two points behind Atlético Madrid, who finished second.
Marco Asensio, who belongs to the royal lineup, scored 3 "hat-trick" goals in the 24th, 29th and 55th minutes, to confirm his worthiness to play as a key player. The absent Isco also scored the sixth goal in the 85th minute.
Asensio adds the third goal for Real Madrid and the second against his former club Mallorca 🔥
How many goals do you expect the meeting to carry?
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Karim Benzema continued to shine on a historic night for him and the team by scoring two goals in the 3rd and 78th minutes, to be completely at the top of the scorers with 8 goals, to widen the difference with his teammate Vinicius Junior to 3 goals, setting a new record and reaching the 200th goal in the royal shirt.
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Benzema scored two goals against Mallorca, and made two others for Asensio, becoming the first player in the Spanish League in the 21st century to contribute 15 goals during the first 6 rounds of the competition, scoring 8 goals and making 7, according to the Opta statistics network.
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Benzema broke the previous record held by his former colleague in the royal Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored 13 goals and made one goal during 6 rounds in the 2014-2015 season, followed by Lionel Messi, the former Barcelona captain, who contributed 13 goals (record 8 and assist 5) in a season. 2011-2012.