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In the match where Benzema scored a hat-trick, Real Madrid beat Barcelona 4-0 at the Camp Nou and reached the final of the King's Cup.
Barcelona and Real Madrid faced each other in the semi-finals of the Spanish King's Cup. Real Madrid managed to win the match played at Camp Nou 4-0. Losing the first match 1-0 at home, Real managed to advance to the final in the cup with a different win in the rematch.
In the last minute of the first half, Real Madrid was ahead 1-0 with a goal by Vinicius Junior. Benzema took the stage in the second half. The French star increased the lead to two in 50 and made the score 3-0 from a penalty in 58. Benzema scored a hat-trick in the 80th minute by scoring the dominating goal. Benzema, on the other hand, became the second Real Madrid player to score a hat-trick at the Camp Nou in 1963, after Ferenc Puskas.
Losing to Barcelona in LaLiga, Real Madrid lowered its hopes for the championship, thus taking the rematch of the league.
Real Madrid's opponent in the final will be Osasuna, who eliminated Athletic. The Spanish King's Cup final will be played on 6 May at the Olympic Stadium in Seville.