No Clasico, Ballon d'Or letdowns as Real Madrid cruise behind Benzema, Valverde

Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema scored a goal but had two others overruled by VAR as Real Madrid beat bottom side Elche 3-0 in LaLiga action on Wednesday.

Federico Valverde and Marco Asensio also netted goals in Madrid's comfortable win, who also beat Clasico rivals Barcelona earlier this week.

In-form Valverde gave Real the lead in the 11th minute with a brilliant technical strike from the edge of the area. Benzema extended Real's lead in the 75th minute after neat interplay with Rodrygo, who assisted Benzema with a clever back-heel pass.

The defending league champions dominated the game throughout and had several chances other than the three efforts ruled out, one by David Alaba and two from Benzema.

Substitute Asensio added the third one minute from time, firing home a close-range finish from Rodrygo's cross.

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