Real Madrid hero Karim Benzema has become the oldest player to score a hat-trick in the Champions League, doing so in the overall 3-2 win in the 16th round against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.

Real Madrid has achieved one of the biggest upheavals in the Champions League, managing to eliminate Paris Saint-Germain and secure the quarterfinals.

The 34-year-old scored the first goal after a mistake by Gianluigi Donnarumma in the 61st minute before scoring the second goal in the 76th minute and giving his side a 3-1 lead in the 78th minute. .

Following this victory, Los Blancos advance to the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the fifth time in the last seven years.

With his hat-trick, Benzema took his total to 67 goals in the Champions League for Real Madrid, one more than Raul Gonzalez (66) and is only behind Cristiano Ronaldo (105) in the history of this race.

At the age of 34 years and 80 days, Karim Benzema has become the oldest player to score a hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League, taking the ‘crown’ from the Frenchman Olivier Giroud.