Benzema surpasses Raúl, the "untouchable" Modric and a Tourmalet for Madrid: "A complicated month"

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After the

arrives

.

Elche

paid homage to

for their title of

with a gentlemanly corridor and then was unable to bother the whites, who were much superior during the 90 minutes

Before the initial whistle,

also had a gesture with the victims of the

a few days ago

.

The flags of the two countries were unfurled on the pitch and a minute of silence was observed in memory of the deceased.

From

's initial whistle , only Madrid existed.

scored his third brace of the course to rack up

, just three behind

.

With his two penalty goals, the Frenchman tied with

at the top of Madrid's Pichichi (both have

in all competitions) and surpassed

in the all-time league scorer ranking.

The Spanish striker had 228 and last night the Frenchman marked his

of him.

Far, the leader,

, with 311.

On the

, Madrid's midfield enjoyed again.

He did it with

recovering his ideal position alongside

.

"I prefer to play in the middle", admitted the young Frenchman, who praised

: "They are great players,

", he added.

The German was sidelined with gastroenteritis and the Croatian came onto the pitch in the second half, just in time to score his team's fourth goal with a shot into the top corner.

"Curiously, Kroos and Modric were substitutes against Athletic and today and both have scored", commented Ancelotti, who was blunt about Luka's future: "

, for me and for everyone".

Madrid, which is already coming off a difficult month with

to

, is now entering some extraordinary weeks at a competitive level.

In January and early February, he fought for two important but inferior titles, such as the

, but the second half of February and the month of March will force him to sweat so as not to lose options in the League and the Champions League, the two key competitions in the future of the club.

In addition, they will have the attraction of the Copa del Rey semifinal classic.

here

. We saw it last year in the Champions League. We are going to fight until the end," said Camavinga, who admitted that it is "a complicated month."

"We have

, but we are going to push forward and always try to win."

On the horizon, the duel against

.

And beyond, on Tuesday 21 in

, on Saturday 26 the derby against

, on Thursday 2 March the first leg of the Cup against

, on Sunday 5 the visit to

, then return to the capital to welcome

and

(March 15) and finally, a trip to

to play the

at the Camp Nou on the weekend of March 18 and 19, before the national team break.

A Tourmalet of

that will decide the future of Madrid in the short and medium term this season.

You could have nothing or everything.

That's how this club is.

"

," Ancelotti confessed.

"At this moment we are taking advantage of the matches to improve our physical condition, with so many matches it cannot be done any other way", he assessed.

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