Real Madrid sealed their passage into the last eight of the Champions League with a comfortable 4-1 aggregate win over Atalanta.
The Real Madrid attacking midfielder is out injured again, on the eve of the Champions League second leg tie against Atalanta.
Benzema's goals are keeping Zidane's side in the hunt for the title, with Atlético Madrid now just six points ahead and without a game in hand.
Zidane's side scored late at the Wanda Metropolitano to equalise against Atleti and keep their slender title hopes alive.
Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Real Sociedad in LaLiga at home leaving them still five points behind Atlético Madrid at the top of the LaLiga table.
Mendy scored late on to give Real Madrid a narrow 1-0 win in the Champions League over Atalanta. Alfredo Relaño analyses the action in Bergamo.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Atalanta 0-1 Real Madrid: result, summary and goal
After seven games in a row without a clean sheet, the Atleti coach decided to park the bus and go for a nil-all draw. The gambit did not work.
Real Madrid have closed the gap on Atlético to just three points - just a week ago such a situation was unimaginable, writes Alfredo Relaño.
AS had a fine initiative recently as they asked some of their key collaborators (along with Spanish film director José Luis Garci) to chose their best XI of all-time...
REAL MADRID VS GETAFE
Real Madrid 2-0 Getafe: result, summary and goals
Real Madrid visited Alavés on their centenary, Javier Berasaluce, a goalkeeper who played for both clubs in the 1950s took the honorary kick-off, writes Alfredo Relaño.