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Barcelona may be cruising toward LaLiga title, but Real Madrid have a cup double in reach with Benzema

Karim Benzema scored a second consecutive hat-trick as Real Madrid hammered Barcelona 4-0 at Spotify Camp Nou on Wednesday to set up a Copa del Rey final against Osasuna in May.

Benzema, who also netted a treble against Real Valladolid at the weekend, scored three times in the second half to silence the home crowd of over 94,000 and book Madrid's place in their first domestic cup final since 2014.

Vinicius Jr. had earlier opened the scoring on the stoke of half-time to level the tie on aggregate after Barcelona's narrow 1-0 win in the first leg of the Copa semifinal last month.