The performance of Real Madrid last night against Barcelona looks very strange to me but at the end of the game I read in papers where some of the players confirmed that they played as if they were playing finals and that was the instruction of their coach.
Real Madrid team and management know that they have not been very good this season as it is obvious from their La Liga games, they know that they have lost any chances of winning the La Liga, their best chances to win something is the champions league and the Copa del Rey. Every game is a preparation for the other game, and with this win, the confidence of the players and Benzena who scored a Hat trick will be up in readiness for their important champions league game and in their next game in the Copa del Rey.
If we say that Real Madrid is a team that is not good this season, it is not quite right. LaLiga is not a benchmark that a team is good or not in a season. Real Madrid are in second place in the LaLiga standings. Good not in the sense of having to be at the top of the standings. We also have to look at Real Madrid's focus this season. At the start of the season they said that they had not lifted the Copa del Rey trophy for a long time, and they would focus on this season. Real Madrid last lifted the Copa del Real trophy in 2014. We can see this when Carlo fielded players in every game. He will do a different rotation between LaLiga, the Copa del Rey and the UCL. Benzema scored a hat trick in two consecutive matches. He's the best player. It was different at the start of the season, his condition had not fully recovered from his injury.