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Laliga giants Real Madrid have qualified for the quarter finals of the 2021/2022 Uefa Champions League after they thrashed out Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 on Wednesday night.
Kylian Mbappe scored a first-half goal to give PSG a 2-0 lead on aggregate, following his stoppage-time winner in the first leg, but the Benzema-inspired Real Madrid came back in the second 45 minutes to flip the tie on its head.
Benzema had the first good chance for Real Madrid to score, as Lionel Messi’s tackle on Luka Modric saw the ball land at the feet of Los Blancos’ No.9, who sent a curling effort towards the far post from 25 yards out that was tipped around the post by the outstretched Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Then, PSG went into another gear when Mbappe got the ball in the back of the net in the 34th minute, but Nuno Mendes was narrowly offside when he received the ball.
Five minutes later, though, PSG took the lead. Having won the ball back inside their own half, Neymar played a first-time ball in behind the Real Madrid defence for Mbappe, who sized up David Alaba and then made it look like he was going towards the far post, but instead he went near and beat Courtois. That made it 1-0 to PSG and 2-0 on aggregate.
But, in the 61st minute, everything changed. Donnarumma was dawdling on the ball and panicked when pressed by Benzema, which led him to pass the ball straight to Vinicius, who returned it to the Frenchman. Benzema then made no mistake in firing into the back of the net.
The hope around the Bernabeu was returning after that goal, and 15 minutes later Benzema scored again. Before rounding off his hat-trick in the 77th minute.
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