Real Madrid continued their incredible run in the Spanish league with a well-deserved 5-1 victory over bottom-side Getafe at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez on Saturday.
Zinedine Zidane’s charges made it seven victories out of seven to provisionally move above rivals Atletico Madrid and just one behind table toppers Barcelona.
Karim Benzema stole the spotlight from Cristiano Ronaldo by contributing three out of the five goals proving he is unaffected by his latest snub by France for Euro 2016.
The French Football Federation confirmed on Wednesday that Benzema will play no part in the European Championship on home soil this year due to his involvement in an ongoing legal investigation into an alleged plot to blackmail Lyon midfielder Mathieu Valbuena, and he wasted no time in reminding the decision makers of what they would be missing.
After Ronaldo had struck the upright, Benzema opened the scoring on the half-hour mark despite not making the cleanest of contact with an excellent delivery from James Rodriguez.
The former Lyon striker then played a one-two with Isco to enable the midfielder to add the second, and facilitated a rapid counter-attack for Gareth Bale to slot home the third before being replaced by Jese Rodriguez in the 67th minute.
Pablo Sarabia pulled one back for Getafe, but they were unable to avoid a 13th Liga match without a win in Jose Esnaider’s first game at the helm as James and Ronaldo both found the net in the closing stages to complete a seventh successive top-flight win for Madrid.
Atletico and Barca face Granada and Valencia respectively knowing that only a victory can keep them firmly in control of the league.
Next up for the Los Blancos is a tricky home tie against Villarreal who are fourth on the log on Wednesday.
