Real Madrid crush Barcelona 4-0, qualify for their 40th Copa del Rey final

Real Madrid will play their 40th Copa del Rey final after Karim Benzema hat-trick and a goal by Vinícius Júnior ensured their 4-0 annihilation of Barcelona Wednesday evening at the Nou Camp.

The goals by the Frenchman and the Brazilian helped Real Madrid overturn Barcelona’s advantage in the Copa del Rey semifinals with a 4-1 aggregate score.

Benzema has now scored his first hat-trick against Barcelona after 43 Clásico appearances in all competitions.

With the win, Real Madrid have avoided losing four straight matches to Barcelona in the same season for the first time.

Carlo Ancelotti’s men won 3-1 in their first meeting of the season in the LaLiga but have lost 3-1 in the Spanish Super Cup final, 1-0 in the first leg of the Copa semifinal and 2-1 in the other league match.

Los Blancos have scored at least four goals against Barcelona in any competition for the first time since May 2008 (4-1 in LaLiga), and had not done so at Camp Nou since January 1963 (1-5 in LaLiga).

Real Madrid will face Osasuna in the May 6 final in Seville. Osasuna eliminated Athletic Bilbao 2-1 on aggregate after a 1-1 draw in extra time on Tuesday in Bilbao, reaching the final for the first time since losing the title match against Real Betis in 2005.

Madrid hadn’t made it to the final since 2014, when it beat Barcelona to win the last of its 19 Copa titles.

Barcelona remains the tournament’s most successful club with 31 titles.