Benzema Shines As PSG Crashed Out Of Champions League

France Ligue 1 giant PSG were kicked out of the champions league round of 16 after the 13-time Champion League winners Real Madrid knocked them out with a Benzema hattrick. The French side dominated the match but it was nothing to write about as they exit the European competition.

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Madrid having lost the first leg at Parc des Princes some weeks ago 1-0 did an amazing comeback. The scoring was opened when Mppape scored in the 39th minute, PSG were in cruise control at the Bernabeu until Real were offered a lifeline by Gianluigi Donnarumma, as Benzema forced him into a mistake in his own area.

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Benzema, who became the oldest player to score a Champions League hat-trick on Wednesday night, overtakes Alfredo Di Stefano as Real Madrid’s third-highest scorer on 309 goals.

“We lost in the first leg, we were losing at the break… It was very hard, but this is a Champions League match and we are Real Madrid,” Benzema, captain of the 13-time Champions League winners, said after the game.

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