Benzema with this hat-trick, reduced the gap with Lewandowski to only two goals when La Liga has 6 match rounds left. With this form of Benzema and unstable form of Lewandowski after World Cup 2022, Benzema can beat Lewandowski in the last 6 matches and take Pinicchi title for a best scorer in La Liga. One more hat-trick and Benzema can take the lead in this race.
This latest hat-trick is a strong warning message of Benzema and Real Madrid to Manchester City before their first semi final in the next two weeks. He will still be one of biggest hopes for Real Madrid in semi-finals. However they just got bad news from an injury on Luka Modric who are facing risk to miss both semi finals.
In statistical terms, this season Real Madrid has suffered 6 defeats and 21 wins.
The number of defeats of Barcelona 3 and 25 wins.
Very close distance right?
I want to say Barcelona is better this season in La Liga which started the season full of internal problems.
The biggest contributor for Barcelona success in this season in La Liga is their strong defense which helps them to block opponent attacking and minimize their losses. Barcelona attacking power is not too good in this season as we saw how they struggled in both Champions League then Europa League play-off matches with Manchester United.