In the 36th round of the Spanish football championship La Liga, Real Madrid defeated Levante 6-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. But what makes this result even more unique is that three assists came from Luka Modrić.
With this defeat, Levante was left without a mathematical prospect to stay in the First League two rounds before the end of the championship.
It was another great performance of the new Spanish champion as Real Madrid celebrated thanks to triple scorer Vinicius Junior and triple assistant Luka Modrić.
For the first time in 434 appearances in Real Madrid’s jersey, Modrić recorded three assists in one match. The last Real player to do so was James Rodríguez against Rayo Vallecano seven years ago.
This season, the Croatia captain recorded 13 assists in all competitions for Real Madrid and he also scored three goals.
Let’s add that Benzema reached 323 goals in Real’s jersey, tying for second place in the club rankings with Raul. In front of them is only Cristiano Ronaldo with 450 goals.
The ‘Royal club’ took the lead in the 13th minute with a goal by Ferland Mendy on Modrić’s pass. Six minutes later, Karim Benzema scored for 2-0, this time assisted by Vinicius Junior.
By the end of the first half, Real scored two more goals, both assisted by the captain of the Croatia national team – in the 34th for Rodrygo, and in the 45th for Vinicius Junior.
Real continued to dominate in the 68th minute when Junior scored his second goal of the game, and in the 83rd minute, he scored a hat-trick for the final 6-0. Modrić played until the 75th minute when he was replaced by Peter Gonzalez.
Real Madrid leads the table with an unattainable 84 points, Barcelona is second with 72 points, while Atletico Madrid is third with 67 points. Sevilla (66)a and Real Betis (61) follow.
Levante remains at the bottom with 29 points, six less than Cadiz, which is in 17th and ensures salvation. However, Cadiz is better head-to-head (2-0, 1-1), so there is no hope for Levante.
Source: Gol.hr
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